Palo Alto Weekly 06.22.2012 - Section 1

Section 1 of the June 22, 2012 edition of the Palo Alto Weekly

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Palo Alto struggles
to help the poor
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Upfront
Local news, information and analysis
Report urges more funding for Palo Alto nonprofits
City considers changing process
for assisting neediest residents
by Gennady Sheyner
P
alo Alto may be best known
as the land of high incomes
and soaring housing prices,
but affluence is far from universal
within the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borders.
According to a new report by
the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Human Relations Commission, the city has its fair share
of residents in need â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seniors who
depend on subsidized meals at La
Comida, recipients who apply for
food stamps and disabled people
who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to get the medical
help they need. And some groups of
needy residents are growing. The
number of food-stamps recipients,
for example, increased by 22 percent
between 2009 and 2010, according
to the newly released Human Services Needs Assessment.
In addition to surveying the needs
of Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low-income residents,
the report considers ways in which
the city can help. In recent years,
Palo Alto has provided grants to
local nonprofits for providing safety-net services. Last year, the city
handed out $1.1 million through
what is known as the Human Services Resource Allocation Process.
The Human Relations Commission,
which relied on focus groups, data
research, interviews with stakeholders and responses from 495
survey participants, had estimated
that these grants serve about 7,000
people annually.
This year, almost three-fourths
of the grant funds went to two
nonprofit organizations. Avenidas,
which provides a wide range of services for seniors, received $402,224
in 2012, accounting for 36.2 percent
of the funds. Palo Alto Community
Child Care received $407,491, or
36.7 percent of the total pool. Recipients of the next-largest grants
include Adolescent Counseling
Services ($87,571), Abilities United
($37,642) and the Downtown Streets
Team ($33,666).
The report, which the City Council Finance Committee discussed
Tuesday night, argues that the city
needs to do more. Its most significant recommendation is a call for
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EDUCATION
Two declare
school board
candidacies
Election filing period for
three seats opens July 16
by Chris Kenrick
wo candidates so far have declared their intentions to run
this fall for what will be three
available seats on the Palo Alto
Board of Education.
Incumbent Melissa Baten Caswell, first elected in 2007, has indicated she will seek re-election.
Newcomer Heidi Emberling,
a parenting educator and former
PTA president at Juana Briones Elementary School, has announced
her candidacy and is actively campaigning.
Two other incumbents, Barbara
Klausner, first elected in 2007, and
current board President Camille
Townsend, first elected in 2003,
said they have not decided whether
to seek re-election.
The candidate-filing period opens
July 16 and closes Aug. 10 for the
Nov. 6 election.
In Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last school board
election, in 2009, incumbents Barb
Mitchell and Dana Tom ran unopposed.
Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been talk of a candidate
emerging this year from the vocal parent group We Can Do Better Palo Alto, but so far, none has
materialized. The group has tenaciously lobbied for more than a year
for measures it says will reduce
academic stress, including a Palo
Alto High School-style â&#x20AC;&#x153;teacher
adviserâ&#x20AC;? program for Gunn High
School and closer attention to testing calendars.
Group member Wynn Hausser,
who was narrowly defeated by incumbent Townsend when he sought
election in 2007, has said he does
not intend to run this year. We Can
Do Better cofounder Ken Dauber,
who in the past said he would con-
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Shooting the breeze
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NONPROFITS
History museum may seek
corporate tenants
Palo Alto mulls allowing for-profit institutions
to lease space in historic Roth Building
by Gennady Sheyner
P
alo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive to turn the
famous Roth Building on
Homer Avenue into a history
museum has a history of its own.
The 1932 building, which once
housed the Palo Alto Medical Clinic
and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has long
been envisioned by city officials as
a perfect site for a history museum
or another â&#x20AC;&#x153;public facility.â&#x20AC;? But as
city officials learned Tuesday night,
June 19, turning this dream into reality may require private investors
to lease offices at the museum.
The Palo Alto History Museum,
a nonprofit group raising money to
launch the museum, asked the City
Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Finance Committee for
permission to sublease part of the
building at 300 Homer Ave. to a
for-profit organization. The move
is driven by the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial
needs. The group needs to raise
more than $6 million and has already acquired about $4.5 million,
board members told the committee.
The group hopes to get another
$800,000 or so through the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Federal Historic Tax Creditâ&#x20AC;? program,
which provides tax credits to private
entities as an incentive to rehabilitate historic structures. This would
leave another $800,000 that the
group would raise by other means, a
goal that members said they believe
they can accomplish in the next nine
or 10 months.
But the federal program comes
with a bundle of strings attached,
including a requirement that the
project generate profits and bring a
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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When you get to the question of taxation
and tuition, people get off our train.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, on why admitting non-residents to the UCs is
financially necessary. See story on page 5.
Around Town
FEELING THE HEAT ... Palo Alto
firefighters took part in an unusual
rescue operation last week after
they learned about a heat-stressed
brown pelican perched on the
second-floor patio ledge of the
Wells Fargo building at 400 Hamilton Ave. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency
responders sprung into action to
aid the overheated bird. The crew
from Truck 6 worked with William
Warrior, one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal
control officers, and earned major
kudos from Warrior for their good
work. In a letter to Public Safety
Director Dennis Burns, Warrior
noted that the ladder from Truck
6 â&#x20AC;&#x153;allowed us safe access to the
second-floor patio ledge while
at the same time preventing the
pelican from falling into pedestrian
and vehicle traffic on Hamilton Avenue.â&#x20AC;? After â&#x20AC;&#x153;an effective net-captureâ&#x20AC;? of the pelican, the distressed
bird was taken to the Peninsula
Humane Society Wildlife Rescue
facility at the Cubberley Community Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pelican was last
reported in stable condition,â&#x20AC;? Warrior wrote.
THE NEXT ILLUSION ... It was
once a hub of Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thriving hippy movement â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the place
where new-age foodies flocked for
â&#x20AC;&#x153;natural foodsâ&#x20AC;? and where Jerry
Garcia belted out tunes. Since
1970, it has seen one transformation after another, going from The
New Age Natural Foods and Deli
in 1970 to the Zinzinnati Oom Pah
Pah (1973), the Keystone music
venue (1977), The Vortex (1986),
the Edge nightclub (1990) and the
Icon Supper Club (1998). These
days, the building at 260 California
Ave. houses the Club Illusions, a
restaurant and nightclub that set
up shop at the site in 2005. Now,
the California Avenue building
between Birch Street and Park
Boulevard is poised for a more
dramatic overhaul. The developer
Presidio Development Partners
is planning to demolish the building and to replace it with one that
would be more than twice as big.
The proposed structure, which the
Architectural Review Board discussed Thursday, would be 40 feet
tall and include ground-floor retail
and offices on the upper floors.
The board didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote on the
project, though some members
expressed a little concern. Board
member Clare Malone Prichard
thought the building would be too
high. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in this district, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too
much,â&#x20AC;? she said. Not surprisingly,
the project is already garnering
opposition from some residents.
Bob Moss, a frequent critic of local
developments, called it too bulky
and â&#x20AC;&#x153;out of context.â&#x20AC;? He also said
it contains too much office space,
a no-no in a district designated
for retail use. Local attorney William Ross said he was concerned
about the lack of outreach to California Avenue property owners.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very significant project,â&#x20AC;?
Ross told the board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;None of the
property owners or businesses
had any idea what it would be.â&#x20AC;?
MIXED SIGNALS ... Spotty cellphone reception is a problem that
has long frustrated Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
technologists and polarized local
residents. Dozens have opposed
recent efforts by AT&T to build
cell towers in residential neighborhoods, calling them unsightly and
potentially unsafe. Many others
decry the embarrassingly poor cell
service in a city that takes such
pride at being in the vanguard of
technological innovation. Could
fake trees and giant flagpoles
next to local fire stations solve this
problem? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the questions that city officials will ponder
Monday night, when they consider
changes to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies for
allowing cell towers on city property. Such towers already exist
at three fire stations and, if the
council chooses, could soon occupy other city properties. These
â&#x20AC;&#x153;macroâ&#x20AC;? towers are an alternative
to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;distributed antenna systemsâ&#x20AC;? (DAS), which use smaller
towers that can be affixed to existing utility poles. Though far more
subtle than macro towers, DAS
equipment drew substantial opposition from residents last year,
when AT&T proposed bringing
about 80 such â&#x20AC;&#x153;microâ&#x20AC;? towers to
neighborhoods. The council approved the first 19 of these towers
in December. Now, the city is considering revising its zoning regulations to allow the tall macro towers
on city land, an idea that would
include raising limits to allow tower
heights of 75 feet to 125 feet, according to a report from Margaret
Monroe, management specialist in
the Planning and Community Environment Department. N
Upfront
EDUCATION
Non-resident admission,
student headcount climbs at UC
by Chris Kenrick
M
ore than 23 percent of students admitted by the University of California for
this fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freshman class are not
California residents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; up from 10
percent just five years ago.
At the most popular campuses,
the non-resident admission numbers are even higher: 40 percent
of this fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freshman admits to
UCLA are non-residents, 32 percent at San Diego and 28 percent
at Berkeley.
UC President Mark Yudof acknowledges the sharp rise in nonresident admission but says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stories
have been more hysterical than the
facts deserve.â&#x20AC;?
Actual enrollment rates of nonCalifornians are considerably lower
than their admission rates, and the
higher tuition paid by non-residents
subsidizes California students, he
said.
Still, the percentage of non-resident undergraduate headcount is
climbing at UCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most sought-after
campuses, reaching 18 percent at
Berkeley last fall.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outrageous,â&#x20AC;? Yudof told a gathering at the Palo Alto
Chamber of Commerce last month.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It provides another form of diversity, and we also charge them
a ton of money. If we charge them
$30,000, I can take some of that and
move it over to pay for the Californians the Legislature isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paying
for.â&#x20AC;?
To avoid reducing the number of
UC slots for California students, Yudof said the university has boosted
the number of overall spaces in the
nine-campus system.
For example, system-wide undergraduate enrollment last fall was
181,508 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 10 percent higher than
it was five years ago, when it stood
at 163,302.
That year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2007 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the university, system-wide, admitted 6,283
non-resident students for the fall
freshman class.
This year, non-resident freshman
admits for the fall term is triple
that, at 18,846. Data on the number
of those who actually plan to enroll
this fall is not yet available.
Yudof maintains that UC has a
system-wide â&#x20AC;&#x153;cap of 10 percentâ&#x20AC;?
on non-resident undergraduate enrollment, instituted by the Board of
Regents. But enrollment figures are
much higher on the most popular
campuses.
Non-residents comprised 18 percent of Berkeley undergraduates last
fall, up from 13.9 percent in 2010.
At UCLA, it was 15.8 percent last
fall, up from 12.6 percent the year
before.
System-wide, non-resident students made up 8.4 percent of undergraduate headcount last fall, up
from 7 percent in 2010, according
to statistics published by Yudofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
office.
In that same period, system-wide
undergraduate enrollment of California residents declined a halfpercent: from 167,118 in the fall of
2010 to 166,265 in fall 2011.
On a recent speaking tour of the
state, Yudof made the case that
the UC system is an â&#x20AC;&#x153;economic
engineâ&#x20AC;? for California, generating
$46.3 billion in economic activity
and supporting one in 46 jobs in
the state.
He decried reductions of state
funding for the UC system.
Last year, the Legislature funded
$2.37 billion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just 10.5 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
of UCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall $22.5 billion budget,
most of which came from revenue
from the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five medical centers.
The state covers 60 percent less
per UC student than it did 20 years
ago and, for the first time, students
now pay more than taxpayers, Yudof said.
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He called for the state to re-invest
in UC, calling the system the â&#x20AC;&#x153;seed
cornâ&#x20AC;? for economic growth in California.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We face hard alternatives and,
the fact is, nobody wants to pay,â&#x20AC;? he
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you get to the question
of taxation and tuition, people get
off our train.â&#x20AC;?
Yudof rejected a suggestion that
UC de-emphasize state funding
and refocus on beefing up other
sources.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taxpayers built this place, and
Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m reluctant to call it quits,â&#x20AC;? he
said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a consummately California institution.â&#x20AC;?N
Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can
be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.
com.
EDUCATION
School-bond tax rate to increase 16 percent
Board backs higher rate, faster repayment
after recession derails original assumptions
by Chris Kenrick
P
roperty owners in the Palo
Alto school district will see
higher rates on their tax bills
after the Board of Education approved a facilities-bond tax-rate
increase last week.
The current tax rate of $44.50
per $100,000 of assessed property
valuation under the 2008 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strong
Schoolsâ&#x20AC;? facilities bonds will rise
to $60 per $100,000 of assessed
valuation.
That hike, together with the current $35 tax rate on the 1995 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building For Excellenceâ&#x20AC;? bonds that are
still being paid off, will yield an
annual tax bill that is 4 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
or $422.45 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; higher for the homeowner with the average assessed
valuation of $850,000.
The rate increase â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not anticipated when the $378 million
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strong Schoolsâ&#x20AC;? bond passed with
nearly 78 percent of the vote in June
2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will enable the construction program to continue despite the
recession-induced slowdown in assessed-valuation growth that threw
off original estimates.
The higher tax rate now also
means substantial savings later â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in
the neighborhood of $1 billion in financing costs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because of a sharply shortened repayment period.
That savings in financing costs,
along with a reluctance to saddle
future generations with debt for
school buildings being built today,
persuaded four of the five school
board members to vote for the taxrate increase in the wee hours of
June 13.
Board member Barb Mitchell dissented, saying her concerns about
claims made to voters at the time
of the 2008 election outweighed the
lure of reduced debt service and a
shorter repayment period.
Thirteen current and former
school district parents, including
nine finance professionals and two
former school board members,
urged the board to shift course
and go with the higher tax rate and
shorter repayment period.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The economic disruption of
2008 to present has dramatically
changed the assumptions underlying
the original $44.50 bond tax rate,â&#x20AC;?
stated the letter, which was drafted
by district parent and private-equity
investment manager Todd Collins,
who chairs the Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Oversight
Committee for the 2008 Strong
Schools bond.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather than choosing between
issuing onerous capital-appreciation
bonds or canceling needed projects,
we propose an alternative that takes
advantage of the current low interest rates and saves our community
hundreds of millions of dollars in
compounded interest.â&#x20AC;?
Sticking with a lower tax rate, the
letter said, would force repayment
on the 2008 bond to be stretched out
over the next 45 years.
Under the new plan, the combined
tax rate for the two bonds will be
$95 per $100,000 of assessed valuation in 2013, declining over the next
eight years to less than $65 after
2021. The 1995 Building for Excellence bond will be fully paid off by
2024.
Besides Collins, signers of the letter were: former school board member and Bond Citizens Oversight
Committee member Ray Bacchetti;
oversight committee member Scott
Darling; finance professional and
former board member of Palo Alto
Partners in Education Elisabeth
Einaudi; finance professional Stephen Godfrey; lawyer Walt Hays,
who signed the ballot argument for
the 2008 Strong Schools bond; financial professional David Hornik;
municipal bond professional Tony
Hughes; small business owner and
finance professional J.R. Matthews;
finance professional Anne Rockhold; finance professional Greg
Sands; finance professional and former oversight committee member
Steven Shevick; and former school
board member Don Way.
At the June 12 board meeting,
which went past midnight, Hays
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; grandson of the Presbyterian
minister and school board president
for whom Walter Hays Elementary
School is named â&#x20AC;&#x201D; urged the board
to raise the tax rate.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The citizens of Palo Alto have
shown over and over again they like
to deal with issues head on and not
put them off to burden future generations,â&#x20AC;? he said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;One really good demonstration
of this is that so many voters rallied to pass the latest school bond
by over 70 percent, so it seems inconceivable that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want to saddle
future generations with $1.3 billion
in unnecessary costs by keeping the
current tax rate.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I recognize it is a burden to double your tax rate, but I think Palo
Altans have shown theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing
to accept those burdens to maintain
their very precious and highly valu-
able schools that everybody wants to
move here so they can join.â&#x20AC;?
Most board members appeared to
agree with Hays.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given the huge change in the financial landscape since the (2008)
bond election, the question is whether to bear a larger burden now from
facilities weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll benefit from soon,
or push off the payments 35 years,â&#x20AC;?
board member Dana Tom said.
Board President Camille
Townsend said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a taxpayer and
as a member of the school board
with children, and thinking about
the future, it seems to me that saving this kind of money for taxpayers
makes sense.â&#x20AC;?
Superintendent Kevin Skelly said
he will prepare a letter to district
taxpayers explaining the change.
The 2008 Strong Schools bond is
modernizing and adding facilities
at all 17 campuses in the Palo Alto
district in response to rising enrollment. Major construction â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including, in many cases, new, two-story
classroom buildings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is completed
or in progress at Gunn and Palo Alto
high schools, Jordan, JLS and Terman middle schools and Ohlone,
Fairmeadow and Duveneck elementary schools. N
Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can
be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.
com.
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REDEVELOPMENT
East Palo Alto business district plan
must â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;get it right,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; report says
These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout
the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news
or click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Newsâ&#x20AC;? in the left, green column.
Appeals court overturns ruling in home dispute
A Woodside couple will be stripped of $125,000 in attorney fees
stemming from a 7-year feud with a Palo Alto contractor, the California Court of Appeals has decided. (Posted June 20 at 4:21 p.m.)
Fourteen recent graduates to get scholarships
Fourteen recent high school graduates will receive scholarships
Saturday, June 23, in a gathering sponsored by the Peninsula College
Fund. Former Santa Clara County Municipal Court Judge LaDoris
Cordell will speak at the public ceremony to be held at Sacred Heart
Preparatory School in Atherton. (Posted June 20 at 10:21 a.m.)
Water-main break on Lytton forces evacuation
A gushing water main caused a four-story building to be evacuated
and shut down part of Lytton Avenue Tuesday afternoon, June 19,
Palo Alto Fire Battalion Chief Chris Woodard said. (Posted June 19 at
5:43 p.m.)
Firecrackers explode in Menlo Park mailboxes
The one thing more unwelcome than a bill in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mailbox may be
a firecracker, as a string of Menlo Park residents discovered last week.
(Posted June 19 at 1:48 p.m.)
Palo Alto teachers seek share of budget surplus
Teachers in the Palo Alto school district are asking for a one-time, 1
percent stipend, sharing in an end-of-year surplus in the school district.
(Posted June 19 at 9:49 a.m.)
City to start major electrical work on Alma Street
Major electric-line replacement in Palo Alto could cause traffic delays on Alma Street starting Tuesday, June 19, the city has announced.
(Posted June 19 at 9:43 a.m.)
Atherton kidnapper Schoenfeld will be paroled
Richard Schoenfeld, who grew up in Atherton and was imprisoned
for nearly 36 years on a 1976 conviction for the kidnapping of 26
Chowchilla schoolchildren, will be released from prison this month.
(Posted June 19 at 9:01 a.m.)
Two-acre brush fire skirts Stanford hills
A fire of unknown origin burned two acres of Stanford land off Interstate Highway 280 in Palo Alto Monday afternoon, June 18. The grassland blaze caused a traffic backup northbound from El Monte Road in
Los Altos to north of Page Mill Road. (Posted June 18 at 4:54 p.m.)
Bay Area median home prices, sales up in May
The median sale price for Bay Area homes rose for the second consecutive month in May â&#x20AC;&#x201D; up 7.5 percent from a year ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; driven
by a high number of sales and increased activity at the higher ends of
the market, according to figures released Friday, June 15. (Posted June
16 at 9:38 a.m.)
Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal services get help from county
Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financially troubled animal-services operation received
a welcome boost Friday, June 15, when the Santa Clara County Board
of Supervisors approved a budget that provides $47,000 for the local
animal shelter. (Posted June 15 at 12:49 p.m.)
Man shot at East Palo Alto apartment complex
A man was shot in the leg at an East Palo Alto apartment complex on
Thursday evening, June 14, police said. (Posted June 15 at 9:16 a.m.)
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce CEO resigns
The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is once again looking for a
new leader after its president announced Thursday, June 14, that he is
resigning after just six months on the job. (Posted June 15 at 8:30 a.m.)
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the city to increase its spending for
grants by about 5 percent a year,
until the amount reaches $1.5 million in 2016. But the report also argues that the city needs to change
the way it assesses which nonprofits get funding. The wide array of
needs and the limited pool of money
makes it impossible for the city to
allocate funds for new recipients
without taking them away from existing ones.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This zero-sum game is not only
disheartening to the agency losing the
funds, but it suppresses the desire of
potential applicants to apply, knowing
that their success will punch a hole
somewhere else in the social safety
net,â&#x20AC;? the report states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our recommendations need to deal with this issue. If they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not clear to us
what else we might propose beyond
administrative arrangements that
might produce some small synergies
that enable existing funds to stretch a
little bit further.â&#x20AC;?
The Finance Committee praised
the report Tuesday, with Vice Mayor
Greg Scharff sharing the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustration about the lack of
flexibility in the funding-allocation
process.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;You see a need in the community but your hands feel tied because
we have previous recipients and we
have to cut from those (recipients),â&#x20AC;?
Bay
Bay Rd
Pulgas Ave
All the wall calendars owned by all the employees of the Palo Alto
Art Center likely have one thing in common: a big circle around Oct.
6. (Posted June 20 at 4:19 p.m.)
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Palo Alto Art Center plans an Oct. 6 re-opening day
by Sue Dremann
ast Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planned 4 Corners/Ravenswood Business
District is the last area the
city can develop to create jobs and
revenue and improve the quality of
life for its residents. And the city
has to â&#x20AC;&#x153;get it rightâ&#x20AC;? because there is
no other major commercial area to
develop, a new study by the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute has found.
The city commissioned the 35page study, which was released on
June 12, as part of a review of its
Specific Plan, a document intended
to guide planning and development.
The plan will be finalized and presented along with an Environmental
Impact Report to the East Palo Alto
City Council for adoption in July.
The 4 Corners/Ravenswood Business District plan calls for 835 residential units, 1.2 million square feet
of office space, 351,820 square feet
of research-and-development/industrial space, 112,400 square feet of
retail, 61,000 square feet for community activities, 30 acres of parkland and 4.5 miles of trails.
When implemented the plan could
change East Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance, attractiveness and usefulness
to the community significantly, the
study found. It envisions a walkable
downtown along Bay Road starting
at University Avenue and moving
toward the baylands.
The city currently doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a
ow R
d
A controversial quest by Harold Hohbach to build a three-story development on Page Mill Road could finally reach its terminus Monday
night, June 25, when Palo Alto officials review the latest revisions to
his Park Plaza project. (Posted June 21 at 9:14 a.m.)
Urban Land Institute offers guidance for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last, best commercial real estate project
Will
Revised â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Park Plazaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wins staff endorsement
East
Palo Alto
downtown, and the goal is to create
a downtown area where the community can meet, eat and shop.
A major employment area would
be developed in the area bounded by
Bay Road, Pulgas Road and Weeks
Street. Potential jobs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 4,851 of
them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; could help reduce the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
17.5 percent unemployment rate.
About half the new jobs would be
suitable for people with no more
than a high school diploma.
The report also noted a discrepancy between a 2010 Bay Area Economics (BAE) market study and one
done in 2009 for the Specific Plan.
The 2009 study identified a projected net demand for office space
at 1.2 million square feet. But the
2010 study found only a projected
demand of 201,650 square feet between 2010 and 2030.
The first market-demand study
projected a 351,820-square-feet
demand for industrial and research
space, but the 2010 study identified
that sector as stronger for East Palo
Alto, estimating 609,425 square
feet. Projected retail demand was
triple in the 2010 study what it was
in the 2009 report.
The Urban Land Institute study
attributed the discrepancies to the
way the Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) projects
employment demand. The ABAG
studies are highly accurate for
larger, more established cities with
Scharff said.
The committee stopped short of
recommending an increase to grant
funding, though it directed staff to
explore ways for doing so. One possible mechanism is funds from the
cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development agreement with
Stanford University Medical Center, which allocated $4 million to
the city for â&#x20AC;&#x153;community health and
safety programs.â&#x20AC;? Stanford offered
these funds as part of a broad package of public benefits in exchange
for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permission to greatly
expand Stanford Hospital and Clinics and the Lucile Packard Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital.
The committee was more receptive to the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;alternative recommendationâ&#x20AC;? for modifying the
grant process. Under this alternative, the city would reduce grants
to all recipients who get more than
$10,000 by 3 to 5 percent per year,
with the freed funds supporting new
programs and agencies.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such an arrangement gives agencies lead-time to respond to the series of cuts; and it gives the overall
HSRAP program some flexibility
to reallocate the freed funds to increasing or emerging needs,â&#x20AC;? the
report stated.
The committee unanimously recommended that staff discuss this
plan with stakeholders and explore
this alternative further. The committee also backed a proposal by
Councilman Pat Burt to reach out
to Avenidas and see if the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
allocation to the nonprofit group
could target low-income seniors
rather than the senior community
at large.
Ray Bacchetti, who serves on the
commission, told the committee
Tuesday thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;disconnect between the haves and the have-nots
in Palo Alto.â&#x20AC;? Though the city is
wealthier than most in the county,
10.7 percent of the households in
Palo Alto have household incomes
below $25,000, the report notes.
The problem is worse for seniors.
One-third of Palo Alto residents
older than 75 had incomes of less
than $25,000 per year in 2000,
according to data from Avenidas,
which the Human Services Needs
Assessment cites.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faltering economic conditions of
recent years have only exacerbated
these trends,â&#x20AC;? the new report states.
Bacchetti said he spoke to a friend
recently and mentioned the large
number of residents in the city who
have a hard time getting by. The
friend asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where are they?â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can think of no better operational definition of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;invisibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; than
that,â&#x20AC;? Bacchetti told the committee,
referring to those in need.
Once staff returns with more
information, the committee will
resume the discussion and forward
a recommendation to the full City
Council. N
Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner
can be emailed at gsheyner@
paweekly.com.
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CITY HALL
New city budget spells cuts
for animal services
Palo Alto passes $153 million budget; eyes increased rates, fees
by Gennady Sheyner
H
igher water rates, a Fire Department with fewer firefighters, a host of fee increases
and an animal-services operation
trembling under the budget ax are
among the most prominent aspects
of the new budget that Palo Alto
City Council unanimously approved
Monday night.
In adopting the $153 million
budget for fiscal year 2013, which
begins July 1, the council avoided
some of the most severe recommendations in City Manager James
Keeneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial proposal, including
one that would have shuttered the
local animal shelter on East Bayshore Road and outsourced animal
services to another agency. But the
budget, while preserving the popular shelter, leaves it under a cloud of
financial uncertainty. The city plans
to save $449,000 in animal services
this year through staff cuts and revenue increases.
The operation is in dire financial
straits because of Mountain Viewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
decision last year to terminate its partnership with Palo Alto and to join the
Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority in Santa Clara. The move will
deprive Palo Alto of the $470,000 in
annual contributions it has been receiving from Mountain View.
Several animal-services employees and members of the nonprofit
Friends of the Palo Alto Animal
Shelter made a pitch for keeping the
operation intact â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or at least making a smaller cut to its budget.
Hillary Stangel, a member of the
Friends group, urged the council to
cut only $300,000, saying the sum
is â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely possible to reproduce
through private donations, improving efficiencies, higher fees and
strengthened marketing.â&#x20AC;?
But the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deficit in the animalservices operation is not a one-time
hole but an ongoing funding gap,
Keene said. He stressed the need to
achieve â&#x20AC;&#x153;structuralâ&#x20AC;? savings.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to get on this soon,â&#x20AC;?
Keene said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more we delay,
the more the cost increases.â&#x20AC;?
The council vote Monday also
means that starting July 1, monthly
water rates in Palo Alto will go up
by $8.52 on an average residential
bill. The increase is driven by major infrastructure projects on both
the regional and the local level. The
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which provides water from
the Hetch Hetchy system to Palo
Alto and 27 other cities, is in the
midst of repairing and seismically
retrofitting the water system. At the
same time, Palo Alto is performing
its own infrastructure upgrades, including construction of a new emergency reservoir at El Camino Park.
Refuse, storm drain and wastewater rates are also slated to go up
for residential customers in July,
though the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chief Financial
Officer Lalo Perez said that these
hikes would be offset on the average
monthly utility bill by the $18.03
drop in gas rates. Overall, Perez
said, the average residential bill is
set to drop by about $4.20, from
$235.94 to $231.74.
At the same time, the city is raising most of its fees, including the
rates for renting garden plots at community gardens and art studios at
Cubberley Community Center. Palo
Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly approved fee schedule
raises fees citywide by about 3 percent to help cover the cost of providing services, Perez said.
The approved budget also makes
major changes in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fire
Department. It eliminates six firefighter positions and adds a second
full-time ambulance (the city currently has one ambulance staffed
full time and a second one that is
staffed through overtime for 12
hours a day). The department is also
closing Station 7, which serviced the
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park. The U.S. Department of Energy, which operates
SLAC, decided that the center no
longer needs an on-site fire station
and switched to the Menlo Park Fire
Protection District. These changes,
along with others including a new
labor contract, amount to a budget
savings of $2.2 million.
The budget was passed after a
month of vetting by the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Finance Committee and two public
hearings by the full council. And
while the council approved it with
no arguments or dissenting votes,
members warned that next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
budget could prove to be more difficult. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pension and health
care costs are projected to continue
to rise. At the same time, the council
is awaiting the results of a new costof-service study that could lead to a
revamping of city fees.
Keene noted that the city has reduced its General Fund â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the part
of the budget that supports most city
services other than utilities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by 11
percent over the past four years and
that its workforce has been cut by
about 10 percent.
Keene also said that of the $26
million the city trimmed off its
General Fund since fiscal year 2010,
$17 million has been made in structural cuts.
Several council members acknowledged the budget challenges
that lie ahead. Councilwoman
Nancy Shepherd, who chairs the
Finance Committee, said that next
year the city will also be moving
ahead with its takeover of Palo Alto
Airport operations from Santa Clara
County (the new budget introduces
an enterprise fund for the airport).
It will thus further increase the already broad array of services the
city provides, she said.
Councilman Larry Klein said he
and his colleagues know that â&#x20AC;&#x153;our
route to the future isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to be
much easier,â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unless something dramatic occurs in our city, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have some
very tough decisions to make when
we consider the 2014 budget a year
from now,â&#x20AC;? Klein said at the conclusion of the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think
weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the right track.â&#x20AC;? N
Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner
can be emailed at gsheyner@
paweekly.com.
School election
things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hearing about right
now, particularly from We Can Do
Better Palo Alto, were in there,â&#x20AC;?
Caswell said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We made a lot of effort to put a
good plan together, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to
see it through. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done five years of
work, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like it is done,
not that it would ever be done.â&#x20AC;?
Emberling has initiated fundraising and campaigned at house parties, emphasizing the opportunities
for shared use of Cubberley Community Center as new campuses to
accommodate more students and
the need for better communication
of â&#x20AC;&#x153;big pictureâ&#x20AC;? school issues.
With an eye toward an uncertain
fiscal outlook and continued enrollment growth, Emberling states on
her website: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the next few years
we must evaluate homework load
and its relationship to student stress,
the persistent achievement gap and
our ongoing commitment to fulfilling A-G requirements for our high
school graduates.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have also made a concerted
effort in the past year to focus on
student health through the introduction of the Developmental Assets,
a framework for assessing student
well-being. We need to continue this
important work, ensuring that students feel connected to caring adults
in school, around the neighborhood
and in the larger community.â&#x20AC;? N
Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can
be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.
com.
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sider running, answered a query this
week with an email saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Election long ways off.â&#x20AC;?
Caswell said she wants to return to
the board in particular to grapple with
the financial challenges and to see
through the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic plan,
which she helped to initiate in 2008.
That year, business consultants
McKinsey & Company took an
exhaustive look at the district and
helped develop a strategic plan,
which has guided board discussions
in the time since.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all agreed these would be
very good goals, and a lot of the
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NEIGHBORHOODS
Professorville may soon get
permit-parking program
City surveys residents in historic downtown neighborhood;
City Council to consider program on July 16
by Gennady Sheyner
A
fter complaining for years
about a dearth of parking
in their historic downtown
neighborhood, Professorville residents may soon get a reprieve.
The city sent out surveys last
week to residents asking if they
would support a Residential Permit
Parking Program that would establish, for the first time, a limit on how
long visitors can park. A group of
neighbors, led by Ken Alsman, has
long clamored for such a program
to address what they say is a huge
parking problem in Professorville.
Many blame downtown workers for
parking their cars in Professorville,
which is one of the few areas downtown that currently doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a
two-hour parking limit.
The city is looking to pursue the
permit program on a six-month trial
basis. The time limit would be in effect on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., according to a letter from the
cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transportation Division. Each
property tenant in the permit area
would get one permit at no charge.
Additional permits for the trial period would be available for $50, the
letter states. A few permits would
also be available for non-residents.
But the project is far from a done
deal. To proceed with the trial, the
city would need at least 60 percent
of the residents who respond to the
surveys to support the parking program. The area is roughly bounded
by Emerson Street on the west, Waverley Street to the east and Addison
and Lincoln avenues to the north
and south. It also includes the Bryant Street block between Addison
and Channing avenues, according
to a map sent to residents.
If enough residents support the
trial, the City Council will have a
chance to approve it on July 16. Residents have until June 30 to return
their surveys.
The city decided to proceed with
the trial in response to complaints
from residents, many of whose homes
are so old, they lack garages. The
neighbors have complained at public
hearings about having to park many
blocks away because downtown
workers leave their cars in Professorville all day to avoid moving their
cars every two hours. Some residents,
including those in the Downtown
North neighborhood, have expressed
concern that instituting the permit
program in Professorville would
only exacerbate the parking shortage
in other areas around downtown that
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a time limit.
City officials have been meeting
with Professorville residents, business owners and other stakeholders
in recent months to determine what
a potential permit program would
look like. In its letter, city officials
wrote that the proposed program
was developed â&#x20AC;&#x153;through a collaborative effort of Professorville residents
and downtown business interests.â&#x20AC;?
Staff plans to continue the outreach
throughout the trial period before
deciding whether to make the permit program permanent, according
to the letter.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;City staff intends to monitor the
pilot project throughout the trial by
collecting data and holding community meetings to solicit public input
on the project midway through and
toward the end of the trial period,â&#x20AC;?
the letter states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Staff will then
make a recommendation to the City
Council to either retain the program
if successful and expand it as needed; modify the pilot for another trial;
or make the decision not to proceed
and remove the RPPP signage.â&#x20AC;?
If the city were to adopt the program permanently, the price of the
permits would be set at a level to
make the program cost-neutral, according to the letter. N
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3 percent return on investment. To
meet this requirement and to give itself some financial breathing space,
the group urged the committee to
back away from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current
position, which calls for the building to be occupied solely by nonprofit organizations.
The committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four members
deferred the decision on allowing for-profit businesses to lease
space, though they unanimously
supported the Palo Alto History
Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to pursue the
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tax-credit program.
Margaret Feuer, a board member
of the Palo Alto History Museum,
highlighted the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent fundraising efforts but noted that times
are tough for nonprofits. The group
has already received about $560,000
in grants, Feuer said. But having no
building and, hence, no programs,
makes acquiring funds particularly
difficult, she said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all know nonprofits face
Palo Alto UniďŹ ed School District
Notice is hereby Given that proposals will be received by the Palo
Alto UniďŹ ed School District for bid package:
Contract Name: Palo Alto High School Stadium Fence Replacement
Contract No.: PAF-12
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The work includes, but is not
limited to: Removal of exiting chain link fence, and supply and install
new fencing along the perimeter of Palo Alto High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hod Ray
Stadium. The new fence will be a combination of ornamental iron
fence with CMU pilasters and black-chain link fence. The project will
also include an ornamental entryway signage. Bidding documents
contains the full description of the work.
There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit at
10:00 a.m. on June 28, 2012 at the Palo Alto High School, Football Stadium located at 85 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto, California
Bid Submission: Proposals must be received at the District Facilities OfďŹ ce building D, by 10:00 a.m. on July 18. , 2012.
PREVAILING WAGE LAWS: The successful Bidder must comply
with all prevailing wage laws applicable to the Project, and related
requirements contained in the Contract Documents.
Palo Alto UniďŹ ed School District will maintain a Labor Compliance Program (LCP) for the duration of this project. In bidding this
project, the contractor warrants he/she is aware and will follow the
Public Works Chapter of the California Labor Code comprised of
labor code sections 1720 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1861. A copy of the Districts LCP is
available for review at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D, Palo Alto,
CA 94306.
1. A pre-job conference shall be conducted with the contractor
or subcontractors to discuss federal and state labor law requirements applicable to the contract.
2. Project contractors and subcontracts shall maintain and
furnish to the District, at a designated time, a certiďŹ ed copy
of each payroll with a statement of compliance signed under
penalty of perjury.
3. The District shall review and, if appropriate, audit payroll
records to verify compliance with the Public Works Chapter of
the Labor Code.
4. The District shall withhold contract payments if payroll records are delinquent or inadequate.
5. The District shall withhold contract payments as described
in the LCP, including applicable penalties when the District
and Labor Commissioner establish that underpayment of other
violations has occurred.
funding challenges,â&#x20AC;? Feuer said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is really the reason we ask
you to allow us to rent to a for-profit
entity. That would give us a cushion
to fall back on.â&#x20AC;?
If the group were to succeed in
launching the museum, it would
complete a job nearly a decade in
the making. The city bought the
Roth in 2000 and sought proposals from local nonprofits to occupy
it. The Palo Alto History Museum
proposed in 2003 to restore and
preserve the dilapidated structure,
and the council accepted the proposal. Since then, the council extended its option agreement with
the group several times and approved $150,000 to repair leaks
and drainage problems in the
building.
Last year, the museum groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
latest contract expired, and the city
extended it until the end of 2013. As
a condition, the group had to submit
a business plan within the first six
months of the year. By presenting its
plan Tuesday night, the group met
its condition.
Council members, for their part,
reasserted their commitment to the
project, though they stopped short
of approving the museum groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
entire request.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want the History Museum to
succeed, and I want it to go forward,â&#x20AC;? Vice Mayor Greg Scharff
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it will be a great thing
for Palo Alto.â&#x20AC;?
But Scharff and other council
members voiced major concerns
about the proposal on corporate rent-
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ers. One major issue is zoning. The
site is zoned â&#x20AC;&#x153;public facility,â&#x20AC;? which
does not allow most for-profit office
uses. Senior Assistant City Attorney
Cara Silver said some uses, including cafes and restaurants, could be
developed at the site through a conditional-use permit. But corporate
offices of the sort envisioned by the
group would likely require a zone
change, Silver said.
The committee agreed to delay
its decision to give city staff and the
museum groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultant more
time to analyze the zoning issues.
Despite the unresolved financing
issues, the complicated project has
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seen a recent surge of momentum.
The Historic Resources Board and
the Planning and Transportation
Commission both voted to support
the museum, which would include
gallery space, staff offices, a community meeting room, a gift shop,
a cafĂŠ, an archive-storage space,
and offices for future subtenants.
Local resident Crystal Gamage attended Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting and urged
the committee to support the Palo
Alto History Museum.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important step for the city,
and it will reflect on our history,â&#x20AC;?
Gamage said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want the best
museum possible.â&#x20AC;?
Gail Wooley, former mayor and
current vice president of the Palo
Alto History Museum, said that
while the process of getting a historical tax credit is complex, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
â&#x20AC;&#x153;worth the effortâ&#x20AC;? for the city. She
noted that while the city hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pursued this financing mechanism in
the past, many local developers, including Charles â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chopâ&#x20AC;? Keenan and
Roxy Rapp, have gone through this
process as they rehabilitated historic
buildings downtown.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity to make a
public-private partnership, which
makes it possible to bring in private
money for a public benefit,â&#x20AC;? Wooley
said. N
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Neighborhoods
A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann
AROUND
THE BLOCK
CAR TALK ... The City of Palo
Alto will hold its second Living in
Vehicles Community Forum to
gather the concerns of residents
and people who live in their cars as
well as potential solutions related
to car camping. The meeting will
take place Tuesday, June 26, from
7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto City
Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton
Ave., Palo Alto. Options for regulating people who live in their vehicles
will be presented to the City Council Policy and Services Committee
in July. The meeting is open to the
public.
NEW LOOK AT GREER PARK ... If
itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little cooler to picnic this summer at Greer Park, residents can
thank the men and women of the
Palo Alto Rotary. The Rotarians
were out in June, decked in yellow shirts and hardhats, diligently
building five shade structures over
the picnic tables at the south Palo
Alto park.
LIQUOR-LICENSE HEARING ... A
public hearing on granting a liquor
license to E Liquors at 3870 El
Camino Real in Palo Alto will be
held on July 25 and 26 starting
at 9:30 a.m. The hearing will take
place at the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) San
Jose District Office, State Building
Auditorium, at 100 Paseo de San
Antonio, in San Jose. The license
application is for an off-sale general license.
FOR ONCE, NO INFLATION ...
College Terrace residents will not
face increases to their parkingpermit fees this year. The neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Residential Parking Permit
Program, which has calmed parking woes, is in its fourth year. The
City of Palo Alto will keep the fee
at $40 per permit for the year starting in September, according to
neighborhood leaders. N
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Taking a bite out
of emergency
preparedness
Following gas explosion, Midtown
Court neighbors use fun events to
prepare for future emergencies
by Sue Dremann
A
fter a chlorine-gas explosion caused more
than 200 people to be evacuated from their
homes last September, the old Scouts motto
to â&#x20AC;&#x153;be preparedâ&#x20AC;? took on new meaning for residents at the Midtown Court apartment complex.
Seven people living in the area behind Midtown Shopping Center were treated for exposure
to the toxic gas, and one family was temporarily
placed in a Red Cross shelter.
The small explosion of noxious fumes occurred
after a 9-year-old child knocked chlorine tablets into
a 5-gallon bucket of liquid in a communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poolsupply area, according to Palo Alto firefighters.
The incident was a learning experience for residents, said Caryll-Lynn Taylor, an organizer of the
new Midtown Court Neighbors and Friends group.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really gave us an entrĂŠ into what a real
evacuation is about. When you cannot bring anything you need like medications and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
have time to get your keys, it really is daunting. We really came together like we never have
before and connected in some pretty profound
ways,â&#x20AC;? she said.
The â&#x20AC;&#x153;neighborhood enclave within an enclaveâ&#x20AC;?
encompasses the 80-plus-unit apartment complex at 2721 and 2727 Midtown Court. But the
neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association invites residents from
Colorado Avenue, Randors Court, Rosewood
Drive and Middlefield Road to its events and
picnics, she said.
While residents wanted to learn more about
emergency preparedness after the incident, most
didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to commit to the official City of Palo
Alto/Palo Alto Neighborhoods Block-Preparedness Coordinator program, Taylor said.
In the past, the neighbors did have a vibrant
emergency-response team. During power outages
in 2009 and 2010, team members checked on residents. When the explosion occurred in 2011, they
notified everyone on their emergency-contact list
about the evacuation order.
But Midtown Court has experienced a high
turnover rate since 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a new phenomenon
for the usually stable complex of longtime inhabitants, she said. Five of the 12 core preparednessteam members have moved away, as have dozens
of other residents. The situation meant that new
tenants needed to be educated about emergency
preparation, she said.
So Taylor, her husband, David, and other residents developed a low-commitment strategy that
combines social events with small doses of preparedness â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;baby steps,â&#x20AC;? she said.
In October the neighborhood association held a
picnic at Hoover Park. Organizers invited the Red
Cross, which had suggested gathering together
people who felt vulnerable after the explosion,
rather than focusing on counseling sessions.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;People could talk in an organic way and feel
open. And many of them did,â&#x20AC;? Taylor said.
The association has expanded the picnics to
twice annually and added a Zero-Waste recycling event with a coffee chat in March. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part
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ONE BARK ... A community dog
walk will take place on Sunday,
June 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Mitchell Park at 600 East Meadow
Drive in Palo Alto. The event is a
fundraiser for the volunteer group
One Brick Silicon Valley and will
feature dogs in fancy dress, a petphoto booth, food trucks, rescue
groups, local pet companies,
games and dogs, of course.
MIDTOWN COURT
With her event-planning clipboard in hand, Caryll-Lynn Taylor stands in the plaza of 2727
Midtown Court on June 20. Taylor has been organizing community events with a focus on
emergency-preparedness.
coffee klatsch, part recycling education, and part
household hazardous-waste collection event. In
June guest speakers from the Palo Alto Police
Department talked about bicycle safety. And in
July a representative from Ace Fire Equipment
will check and recharge household fire extinguishers, she said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something (residents) can do easily, and
thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing overwhelming about it. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not
telling somebody to stop their life and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Go do
that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Taylor said.
The group also celebrates impending births
through its Welcome Baby program. Neighbors
pitch in to purchase a gift for an expectant mother
and include information on infant and child cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Most of the
mothers now have CPR training, Taylor said.
Alison Wilson, who has lived at Midtown
Court since 1969 and contributes to Welcome
Baby, said the neighborhood group â&#x20AC;&#x153;really has
made a huge difference.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know if anything goes wrong they will be
right on top of it,â&#x20AC;? she said. She also takes advantage of dropping off her expired medications
during the waste-collection event. She would normally have to take the prescription drugs to the
cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Municipal Services Center, she said.
Farah Dilber moved to the apartments in June
2011. Prior to moving to Palo Alto she lived in a
large apartment complex in Houston, Texas, that
didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer crime updates, emergency preparation or other programs, she said.
Dilber provides Internet service for the residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
group and creates literature for activities. She said
the bite-sized approach to emergency-preparedness is good for busy people such as herself.
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BARRON PARK
Helen Carefoot
Neighborhood belongings were exchanged at Barron Park resident
Romola Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home on Saturday, June 16, during the first FreeSale
in Palo Alto.
Trading â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the stuff of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
Barron Park FreeSale is hub
for exchanging ideas and belongings
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n a small Barron Park street
lined with patches of wildflowers and dandelions, rows
of tables were piled high with items
ranging from shawls as delicate as
spider webs to stacks of vintage records and weathered books.
Neighbors at the Tippewango
Court home of Romola Georgia
pored over the myriad items Satuday, June 16, donating their own
and taking another in return. But
it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a garage sale; it was a
â&#x20AC;&#x153;FreeSale.â&#x20AC;?
A FreeSale is a pseudo-yard sale
in which participants exchange gently used items with their friends for
free. Georgia said she hopes to use
the event to promote sharing and repurposing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;stuff of life.â&#x20AC;?
The tables in front of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
white picket fence created an appealing aisle of goods. Boxes of
blooming sunflowers and fennel
plants lured plant enthusiasts to the
gardening table; a heap of X-Men
trading cards from someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childhood was piled upon another. An
elaborate six-CD changer stood out
among the electronic offerings.
Many displayed items carried
personal significance to their previous owners and elicited stories and
nostalgia.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember wearing these every
day,â&#x20AC;? Georgia exclaimed as she held
a pair of cropped, woolen riding
pants from her youth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny to
think that they would make a wonderful costume now.â&#x20AC;?
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Describing another favorite belonging â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a turquoise brocade evening jacket â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember
wearing this jacket to several wonderful holiday events, and I just had
a blast.â&#x20AC;?
FreeSale shopper Debbie Mytels,
who helped organize the event, said
she sees the exchange as more than
an opportunity to trade belongings.
She said she hopes â&#x20AC;&#x153;people see it as
an opportunity to try anything and
expand (their) horizons.â&#x20AC;?
For the last three years Georgia
has also been organizing ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
clothing exchanges for Transitions
Palo Alto, a nonprofit organization
founded to help people explore ways
to think about their impact on the
planet and decreasing their dependence on fossil fuels. She said she
hopes the FreeSale will become a
tradition, and that she plans to expand the concept to other neighborhoods in the future.
The event â&#x20AC;&#x153;is a great opportunity
to give away things that are still useful that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need. It keeps stuff
out of the landfill, prevents you from
having to go shopping and makes
you think about the consequences
of everything we purchase in terms
of the environment,â&#x20AC;? she said, citing
unfair labor practices and costs to the
environment of producing goods.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It enables you to think broadly
about your activities,â&#x20AC;? she said. N
Editorial Intern Helen Carefoot can be reached at hcarefoot@
paweekly.com.
Midtown Court
other and to prepare for emergencies
even in small ways can have lifesaving consequences. A case in point:
When a small oven fire began in one
of the apartments, residents discovered the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire extinguisher
didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when people really made
a commitment,â&#x20AC;? she said. N
Staff Writer Sue Dremann can
be emailed at sdremann@paweekly.com.
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea of going to a full-day or
half-day-long program is daunting
for many people,â&#x20AC;? she said.
Taylor said social events make
building a better-prepared community more feasible in a neighborhood
with high turnover.
Getting new people to know each
Upfront
News Digest
Stanford grads: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Reject cynicism, stay faithfulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker urged Stanford University graduates
on Sunday, June 17, to â&#x20AC;&#x153;join a conspiracy of loveâ&#x20AC;? to create justice in the
world, reject cynicism and â&#x20AC;&#x153;stay faithfulâ&#x20AC;? to their ideals.
The 1991 Stanford political-science graduate, football player and Rhodes scholar relayed what he said were lessons from his father and grandfather, who continually reminded him his opportunities and successes
were made possible by the earlier sacrifices of others.
Stanford President John Hennessy conferred 5,088 degrees in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 121st commencement ceremony, held in the sun-drenched stadium.
Of the undergraduate class of 1,763, 113 came from 50 countries outside the United States, Hennessy said. Of the 3,325 masters and doctoral
recipients, 1,066 came from 70 countries outside the U.S.
In the traditional Wacky Walk, graduating seniors strolled into the
stadium with props, costumes and messages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; balloons, inflatable palm
trees, representations of beer-pong cups and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stanford bubble,â&#x20AC;? and
posters that included â&#x20AC;&#x153;thanks Mom and Dad,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day,â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;$ Little Girlâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;the only way from here is up.â&#x20AC;?
Provost John Etchemendy presented the Walter Gores Faculty Achievement awards to political science professor Stephen Haber, geological and
environmental sciences professor George Hilley and economics doctoral
student Luke Stein.
The Lloyd Dinkelspiel Awards for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate
Education went to biology professor Carol Boggs, psychology course coordinator Brigitte Hard and graduating seniors Otis Reid and Michael Tubbs.
The Kenneth Cuthbertson Awards for service to the Stanford community went to Sally Dickson, associate vice-provost for student affairs, and
John Pearson, director of the Bechtel International Center. N
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chris Kenrick
Ex-superintendent pleads not guilty
Tim Hanretty pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning, June 19, to six
counts of embezzlement from the Portola Valley School District, charges
stemming from the alleged stealing of nearly $101,000 to pay for a construction project at his Woodside home during his tenure as superintendent of the district.
Hanretty appeared in San Mateo County Superior Court with his attorney, Michael Markowitz, denying all allegations and enhancements,
according to Karen Guidotti, chief deputy district attorney. The enhancements have been added to the felony charges because the alleged theft
was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;excessive takingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than $65,000, she said.
Hanretty remains out of custody after posting bail.
In April, Hanretty was charged with three felony counts of misappropriation of public funds from work he performed earlier as chief financial
officer of the Woodside Elementary School District. Both cases will be
heard in court together, Guidotti said.
In the Woodside district case, the District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office announced
that it found no evidence that the misappropriation of funds was for his
personal gain.
The embezzlement from the Portola Valley district allegedly began
in December 2010, according to a statement issued June 15 by Acting
Superintendent Carol Piraino.
Hanretty resigned as superintendent in late January after the District
Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office launched an investigation in the Woodside district
case. The Portola Valley district then hired an outside accounting firm
to conduct a forensic audit.
Piraino said the audit revealed that Hanretty submitted six invoices totaling $100,926 for reimbursement from the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solar-panel escrow
account at Deutsche Bank.
The invoices describe work allegedly done at the district, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;the
contractor never actually performed any work for the District. Rather, he
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Girl, 14, bruised in California Avenue robbery
A 14-year-old girl was robbed of her cell phone and bruised after being
knocked over Monday night, June 18, on California Avenue, Palo Alto
police Agent Robert Parham said.
The incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. in front of Club Illusions at
260 South California Ave. during a teen dance night, Parham said. The
girl was standing outside the club with several other people when a young
male brushed against her and allegedly removed her cell phone from the
left front pocket of her shorts.
The girl immediately noticed the phone was missing and asked the
boy if he took the phone. He denied the theft. He ran into her as he fled,
bumping into her shoulder and knocking her backward. He continued to
flee down California Avenue toward El Camino Real, Parham said.
The victim initially said she was uninjured, but the next day she reported bruises on her chest and hip, he said.
Parham said the case is still under investigation. The robber is described as a black male, 16 to 18 years old with a thin build.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information can call the
Palo Alto Police Department at 650-329-2413. N
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multiple commercial areas, the report noted. But East Palo Alto is a
relatively new city with radically
changing land uses.
While having many pluses, including the redevelopment of Cooley
Landing and an improving commercial real estate market, the project
also faces significant challenges.
The 130 acres of parcels have
56 separate owners; 52 percent
are smaller than 1 acre. The multitude of owners makes it exceedingly difficult to create a cohesive
whole, since each landowner has a
different timeline or expectation for
development. Many are managing
businesses on their properties, the
report noted.
The area also lacks sufficient infrastructure and water supply. The
city is exploring purchasing a water
allocation, potential groundwater
supply and conservation.
The area will require a $75 million
investment in roadway, storm drain,
sewer and other infrastructure, and
the cost of additional water is not included in that sum, the report noted.
Elimination of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s redevelopment agency has also significantly limited its ability to implement
the plan. Prior to its demise due to
state budget cuts, the redevelopment
agency could have granted up to $12
million for infrastructure and community benefits. Agency funds provided the necessary local match for
other public funding.
Potential funding could include
federal, state, regional and local
funds and private resources, including an assessment district, a community-facilities district or impact fees.
The city will work on an impact-fee
study in the fall of 2012.
The report recommended three
key strategies for the project:
s 4HE FIRST WOULD BE DESIGNING
â&#x20AC;&#x153;place creatingâ&#x20AC;? improvements such
as parks, Cooley Landing and open
space in the next few years. These
would create an attractive environment for investment and improve
residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quality of life.
s 4HE SECOND WOULD DESIGN AND
complete road and infrastructure
improvements along Bay Road. It is
unlikely that private investors will
invest millions in office or research
and development projects with Bay
Road in its current condition, the
authors noted.
s 4HE THIRD RECOMMENDATION
suggests pursuing development on
â&#x20AC;&#x153;catalystâ&#x20AC;? sites that are in optimal
locations and have an attractive size
that would attract private and public
investment. The sites include the vacant site at Bay Road and University
Avenue, the former Romic Environmental Technologies property and
the Bay/Clark/Weeks/Pulgas block.
Although the redevelopment is a
25-year vision, the plan would be
dependent on staffing, capital investments and the ability to attract
public, private and philanthropic
money. But significant improvements could occur in the next five
to seven years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mainly in road and
utility infrastructure and community facilities, parks and trails.
The city could expect an annual
fiscal increase of $2.3 million from
the project, the study found. N
CityView
A round-up of
Palo Alto government action this week
City Council (June 18)
Budget: The council approved the fiscal year 2013 budget, which includes a restructuring of the Fire Department to add a full-time ambulance and $449,000 in expected
savings from animal services. Yes: Unanimous
Council Finance Committee (June 19)
Human Services: The committee discussed the Human Services Needs Assessment and directed the Human Relations Commission to further explore a funding
alternative that would trim funding by 3 percent to 5 percent from existing grant recipients with contracts $10,000 or greater and to make this funding available for new
applicants. Yes: Unanimous
Roth Building: The committee discussed the proposed business plan by the Palo
Alto History Museum for renovation of the historic Roth Building. The committee approved the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to participate in the federal historic tax-credit program
and directed staff to further explore the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to allow a for-profit tenant
to rent space in the Roth Building. Yes: Unanimous
Parks and Recreation Commission (June 20)
Rinconada: The commission discussed the long-range plan for Rinconada Park. The
commission considered ways to improve connections around the park and between
the park and adjacent amenities, including the Palo Alto Art Center and the Lucie
Stern Community Center. Action: None
Historic Resources Board (June 20)
564 University Ave.: The board approved a request by Steve Schlossarech for
reconstruction, rehabilitation and restoration of a 1904 Colonial Revival building at
564 University Ave. Yes: Bernstein, Bower, Bunnenberg, Kohler, Makinen, Smithwick
Absent: Di Cicco
Architectural Review Board (June 21)
1701 Page Mill Road: The board discussed but did not vote on a proposal by Stanford University for a new two-story research-and-development building at 1701 Page
Mill Road. Action: None
260 California Ave.: The board discussed but did not vote on a proposal for a new
three-story building at the current site of Club Illusions. Action: None
Public Agenda
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week
BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hold its annual two-day retreat
to discuss long-term goals and planning. The meeting will be Monday,
June 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Tuesday, June 26, from 8 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. at the University Club of Palo Alto (3277 Miranda Ave.).
CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in closed session to discuss
labor negotiations with the Service Employees International Union, Local
521, and the Palo Alto Police Officers Association. The council will also
consider the proposed three-story mixed-use building at 195 Page Mill
Road, and discuss the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy for allowing use of wireless-communication facilities on city property. The closed session will begin at 5:30 p.m.
on Monday, June 25. Regular meeting will follow in the Council Chambers
at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
REGIONAL HOUSING COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss
the Draft Housing Element in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revised Comprehensive Plan. The
meeting will begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Planning and Transportation Commission, the Utilities Advisory Commission
and the Architectural Review Board. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, June 26, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250
Hamilton Ave.).
BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will vote on a school district budget
for 2012-13 and on â&#x20AC;&#x153;next stepsâ&#x20AC;? for reforms to high-school guidance-counseling programs. Members also will preview goals for 2012-13 and hear a
report on a Stanford University study of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pilot Springboard to
Kindergarten program. A closed session will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26. Regular meeting will follow in the boardroom of school district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.).
COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to continue its discussion of Sen. Joe Simitianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request for input on high-speed-rail appropriation language and consider a letter to the California Attorney General
requesting a public opinion on the legality of a blended system relative to
Proposition 1A. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 28,
in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines
and talk about the issues on Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com
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POLICE CALLS
Palo Alto
June 14-20
Violence related
Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Theft related
Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Credit card forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Vehicle related
Abandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . .6
Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . .3
Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .9
Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Alcohol or drug related
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . . .1
Miscellaneous
Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Public incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Sick and cared for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .1
Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Shots fired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .3
Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Ticket sign-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Town ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Tree blocking roadway . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Water-main break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Welfare check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Wires down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
VIOLENT CRIMES
Palo Alto
Unlisted block Otterson Court, 6/15, 1:15
a.m.; domestic violence/battery.
Unlisted block Middlefield Road, 6/16,
6:59 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.
Unlisted block California Avenue, 6/18,
1:47 a.m.; strong-arm robbery.
Unlisted block Tanland Drive, 6/20, 1:53
p.m.; domestic violence/battery.
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Violence related
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Theft related
Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Vehicle related
Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . .8
False display of registration. . . . . . . . . . .1
Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1
Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .3
Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Alcohol or drug related
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Possession of paraphernalia. . . . . . . . . .1
Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Miscellaneous
Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Gang info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Verbal disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Atherton
June 14-20
Theft related
Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Vehicle related
Abandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Suspicious vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .1
Vehicle code violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Alcohol or drug related
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Miscellaneous
911 hang-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Animal call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Be on the lookout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Citizen assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Disturbing/annoying phone calls. . . . . . .1
Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
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A worthless permit
parking test
Without changing downtown garage policy, employees
will simply relocate to and impact other streets
I
f the city is truly committed to giving Professorville and other residents living in homes adjacent to downtown some protection from
the daily invasion of workers seeking a free parking space, it will
take much more than the trial run that was unveiled last week.
For years residents of the Professorville neighborhood just south of
downtown have been calling for a residential permit parking program
that would convert their streets to permit parking only, with the majority of the permits given to residents.
But instead of developing a plan for the entire neighborhood, the
city staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed six-month experiment covers only a few blocks,
an approach that accomplishes almost nothing and just kicks the can
down the road.
The affected area is roughly bounded by Emerson Street on the west,
Waverley Street to the east and Addison and Lincoln avenues to the
north and south. It also includes the Bryant Street block between Addison and Channing avenues, according to a map sent to residents.
Under the plan, each household would receive one free permit and
the right to purchase another for $50.
But with all-day parkers needing only to relocate outside the trial
area, it is hard to imagine any useful information coming out of this
test other than the obvious: permit parking shifts the problem to other
streets.
Professorville resident Ken Alsman, who has tried to stop the invasive parking for years, worked on a committee of residents, downtown
property owners and city officials to come up with the pilot plan,
which he grudgingly supports.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to go forward with it. I am a strong advocate of the
pilot parking plan because it is the best we can get with the people
involved,â&#x20AC;? he said this week.
In order for the trial to take effect, at least 60 percent of the residents
in the affected area must support the six-month test by responding to
a city survey sent out last week.
At this stage, the city apparently has no intention of addressing the
actual crux of the problem: the fact that there is available parking in
downtown garages but workers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t choosing to buy permits to use
them.
A key part of this problem is encouraging and assisting the employers of low-wage workers (retail, restaurants and hotels) to defray the
cost of parking permits for their employees and to be able to hold the
permits as a business. Currently, the city only issues permits to individual workers, a strategy that all but forces low-paid, high turnover
employees to park in the neighborhoods.
A far more interesting, and less punitive, approach to testing possible solutions to the downtown parking mess would be to establish
a trial program of selling greatly reduced-price permits to retailers,
restaurants and hotels so they could then provide them to their employees. Doing so would enable us to see how much the current permitting
system is responsible for the neighborhood parking problems.
If parking is unilaterally taken away on some neighborhood streets
without addressing the parking garage permit problems, employees
will simply relocate to and impact other streets.
And, with more under-parked development coming downtown, the
city needs to being doing much more than trying to appease a small
group of Professorville residents. One example: remaking Casa Olga
into an 85-unit luxury hotel will have a significant impact on parking
but is only required to have 28 parking spaces, hardly enough to serve
the parking needs of employees and guests.
Last year, a city study showed that of the more than 3,000 parking
spaces downtown, including 1,200 that are open to the public at any
time, there are hundreds of permit spaces that sit empty in all the
cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking garages. The survey showed there is a huge surplus
of space at the 688-space Bryant Street garage, with only 16 percent
of spaces occupied from 8 to 10 a.m. And only 53 percent occupied
during the lunch hour, from noon to 2 p.m. During this period, the
survey showed, there are more than 300 empty spaces in the Bryant
Street garage alone.
If the city wants to truly find answers to its parking problem it will
take much more than a tiny trial in the Professorville neighborhood.
Downtown businesses must acknowledge that they are at least in part
responsible for many of their employees clogging residential neighborhoods adjacent to downtown.
And the city needs to be actively experimenting with permit pricing
and creating improvements in the permitting system.
Alsman and others have said for years that it is extremely unfair
for his neighborhood to bear the burdens of downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employment
growth. We agree.
But a successful solution will take a better effort among all the
stakeholders, not a small piece-meal approach from which we will
learn nothing.
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Editorials, letters and opinions
Hohbach stubbornness
Editor,
Your editorial June 8 on stubborn
Harold Hohbach and his project is
accurate. The letter from Hohbachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
handyman Marcus Wood is full of
errors. My lawsuit wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t baseless,
the court agreed to void the project
and required Palo Alto to demonstrate by August 2008 that any future project complies with CEQA.
Never happened. The monstrosity
currently before the Council, which
the Planning Commission rejected,
is almost identical to the 2006 proposal that was approved 5-4 by a
very different City Council.
The need for identified substantial
changes has been stated by the public, ARB, Planning Commissioners
and councilmembers. Hohbach was
unresponsive and uncooperative to
these requests, insisting on minimal
changes and evasive responses.
Delays in resolving problems
with the project are entirely due
to Hohbachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repeated refusals to
comply with requests for project
clarifications and modifications.
He proposed converting the rentals to condos, claiming that was
always his preference, but the letter
supporting his claim that supposedly was sent to the ARB actually
wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sent until years later, as verified by Commissioner Wasserman.
When councilmembers who voted
for the project because all housing
was rentals expressed dismay at the
switch to condos, the request was
withdrawn. The latest delays were
due to Hohbach himself asking the
City Council three times to postpone hearings on the project.
Council requested four specific
modifications to the project. If all
of them arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provided the Council
must vote to deny approval or their
authority and valid development
requirements will be successfully
flaunted.
Bob Moss
Orme Street
Palo Alto
Courage for HSR
Editor,
I think it is sad that Larry Klein
accuses legislators of a lack of courage in not opposing HSR (Weekly,
June 8). I see the exact opposite.
Those unwilling to embrace a better vision for the future of California
are the ones lacking in courage.
Changing the status quo sometimes takes courage. Should we just
continue the status quo with the auto
and airplane? We desperately need
alternatives to the auto and airplane.
Route 101 is now up to 10 lanes. I
used to think the Bay Area had a
better vision for the future than
car-clogged Los Angeles. Carbon
dioxide is now up to 393 parts per
million in our atmosphere. This is
leading to atmospheric catastrophe
unless we change the trajectory.
With 10 million people in the
north and 20 million in the south,
California needs a good north-south
rail connection. All you legislators
who believe in this vision please
hang tough and maintain courage,
for our grandchildren.
Steve Eittreim
Ivy Lane
Palo Alto
Inflexible commission
Editor,
I should state my bias first: I
work in venture capital and make
my living by saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why not?â&#x20AC;?
Many people have jobs making new
products that benefit other people
because of those two words.
I was recently an adviser for a
dermatology office project on Oak
Grove Avenue that was submitted
to the Menlo Park Planning Commission. I have no financial connection with any of the principals.
The transaction would have yielded
almost a million dollars to the building owner and brought 950 new
patients to downtown Menlo Park.
Although both parties wanted to
close, the commission rejected the
project because of a 2006 agreement that the space would be used
for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personal Service.â&#x20AC;? It has been
empty for years because it is below
grade, has no street visibility, and an
uninviting entrance for retail. These
conditions were demonstrated to the
commission. Although the owner
wants to alter his prior position, the
commission refused the plan because of the paper restriction.
This inflexible decision is part of a
larger problem. The Planning Commission controls land and building
use in Menlo Park. The results of its
work can be seen from Valparaiso
Avenue to the Stanford Mall on
El Camino, and from the Caltrain
tracks to University Drive on Santa
Cruz Avenue. No airy future plans
can offset its inability to deal with
the present. Based on incontrovertible evidence, the current Planning
Commission is incompetent, inflexible and dilatory. The members
should be thanked for their efforts,
dismissed with their equally inflexible staff, and replaced with an
open-minded group that can adapt
Menlo Park to the economic and social realities of the present.
Morton Grosser
Lemon Street
Menlo Park
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Palo Alto â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fiberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hanging by a thread,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; thinner than a ... fiber?
by Jay Thorwaldson
iber â&#x20AC;&#x153;is hanging by a thread,â&#x20AC;? the caller
began, following
a meeting of Palo
Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC)
June 7.
The UAC members
had voted 4 to 3 to
support a staff recommendation to end city
efforts to build a â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiber
to the premiseâ&#x20AC;? (FTTP)
network. The citywide
project would provide ultra-high-speed connections to the Internet for everyone who wanted to,
or could, help pay for the system.
There was a strong dĂŠjĂ vu in that phone call,
cut short by a cell-phone connection failure.
In my return call to longtime fiber advocate
Jeff Hoel I reminded him that I had been asking
for several years whether it was time to â&#x20AC;&#x153;write
the obituary on fiber to the home.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Premiseâ&#x20AC;?
later replaced â&#x20AC;&#x153;homeâ&#x20AC;? to reflect the actual
proposal, which included small businesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
larger ones already had fiber. The idea has been
discussed, debated, advocated, tested and otherwise danced around since the early 1990s.
No dates have been set for consideration of
the matter by the City Council or its Finance
Committee.
In a detailed critique of the staff report, Hoel
challenges key assumptions and conclusions of
consultants and staff. He once said he moved to
Palo Alto in the late 1990s because he was told
that fiber-speed connectivity was â&#x20AC;&#x153;just around
the cornerâ&#x20AC;? in a community with a century-long
history of innovation.
Yet even a fiber-thin thread might be stronger than it seems. Others believe the decision
F
to abandon the FTTP dream is premature, that
some of the extensive analysis done in the city
staff report is incomplete, and that the long-term
economic vitality of Palo Alto might just hang
in the balance.
The staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wi-Fi recommendation is twophased: (1) extend the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiber
ringâ&#x20AC;? built in the late 1990s to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine
electric substations, and (2) set up 88 â&#x20AC;&#x153;nodal
access points,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;nodes,â&#x20AC;? that would be neighborhood-level Wi-Fi hubs. Phase 1 would cost
about $1 million and Phase 2 about $5 million,
according to Jim Fleming, a management specialist in the Utilities Department.
So the multi-year community debate over extending fiber lines might become a multi-year
debate over the safety of Wi-Fi antennas, a la the
recent AT&T cell-phone-tower squabble. Maybe
not. Wi-Fi antennas tend to be fairly small.
Ironically, the two phases would be virtually
the same as for FTTP, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;the last mileâ&#x20AC;? of
fiber (between the nodes and homes) paid by
subscribers.
The funds could legally come from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Fiber Fund, made up of proceeds from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
financially lucrative â&#x20AC;&#x153;dark-fiber ringâ&#x20AC;? built in
the late 1990s, City Attorney Molly Stump confirmed. The fund currently is at $12.7 million,
of which about $1 million needs to be kept in reserve for emergencies. The fiber ring now leases
fiber to 78 commercial customers and nets more
than $2 million annually.
But UAC Chair Jon Foster and two other
members who voted not to accept the staff
recommendation (Asher Waldfogel and John
Melton) arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t convinced on Wi-Fi or that the
staff has considered all financial alternatives.
Foster noted that the UAC vote was unusually
narrow for the commission. He said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
have strong views on fiber, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;all but deadâ&#x20AC;?
may be too strong a term, now at least. The key,
he said, would be to broaden financing alternatives beyond the â&#x20AC;&#x153;user-financed modelâ&#x20AC;? that
was a core element of the staff report and consultant studies.
For those befuddled by all the detailed giveand-take over fiber vs. Wi-Fi, welcome to Palo
Alto. Perhaps a nutshell history might help:
s 7HEN THE 7ORLD 7IDE 7EB BURST UPON
public awareness in the early 1990s, some Palo
Altans waxed enthusiastic about its possibilities,
both technical and for community and neighborhood uses. A group called Palo Alto Community Network (PA-ComNet) was formed in
late 1993 following a series of three meetings
entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Introduction to the Wonders of the
Internet.â&#x20AC;?
s "Y
THE 0ALO !LTO 7EEKLY WAS PUTTING
all its printed content directly onto the Internet,
one of the first (if not THE first) newspaper to do
so, and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation was
creating one of the first health care websites.
s )N THE MID AND LATE S
PEOPLE BEGAN
seriously discussing extending fiber community-wide. Spurred by PA-ComNet and others
(including strong fiber-advocates that spun
off a PA-FiberNet group), the city decided to
construct its dark-fiber ring, at an initial cost of
about $2 million. It faltered financially at first,
but after a rate adjustment started making good
money that has gotten better.
s #ITY OFFICIALS CREATED A hFIBER TRIALv OF THE
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Community Centerâ&#x20AC;? neighborhood in the vicinity of the Main Library and the Art Center, which ran for several years before the city
(faced with mounting equipment-maintenance
costs) pulled the plug.
s "Y THERE WAS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
of creating a â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiber utilityâ&#x20AC;? as part of the cityowned utilities operation. By fall, top city ad-
ministrators were strongly behind the concept.
Many eyes were on Palo Alto. In September
2000 former Assistant City Manager Emily
Harrison spoke to the National League of Cities to a packed presentation. She said in an electronic era â&#x20AC;&#x153;those cities that have the infrastructure become the centers of commerceâ&#x20AC;? while
those that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin to fade out.
But the utility concept faltered for reasons
similar to concerns cited today.
s 4HERE WAS A FINAL EFFORT TO PUT TOGETHER A
public/private partnership venture involving
the Canadian firm Axia Netmedia Corporation,
which would build an FTTP system, then estimated to cost about $45 million. But deteriorating market conditions and Axia requesting a
guaranteed revenue stream killed that prospect
in 2009.
s ,AST YEAR
THE CITY TRIED HARD TO WIN A 'OOGLE
grant to install a fiber system, but lost out to
Topeka, Kansas, despite a strong showing of
support from the community.
A lingering concern about the city engaging in
FTTP is that the current dominant providers of
high-speed Internet access â&#x20AC;&#x201D; AT&T and Comcast â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have a â&#x20AC;&#x153;track record of aggressive tacticsâ&#x20AC;?
to maintain market share, the staff report notes.
Stronger terms have been applied, such as alleged
â&#x20AC;&#x153;predatory pricingâ&#x20AC;? in an attack on Alamedaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
high-speed (not fiber-speed) network.
So here we are, dĂŠjĂ vu and all. Yet not many
eyes are watching Palo Alto these days relating
to fiber. If it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dead, it needs serious resuscitation. N
Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson
can be emailed at jthorwaldson@paweekly.
com with a copy to jaythor@well.com.
See the Weeklyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coverage of the report and
studies at paloaltoonline.com. Search for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Palo
Alto fiber dream.â&#x20AC;?
Streetwise
What do you think is the biggest problem facing Palo Alto?
Asked on Cambridge Avenue. Interviews and photographs by Dean McArdle.
Philippe Leroy
Director of Palo Alto French Education
Association
Bruce Drive
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Education. It is too much driven
towards excellence in academics and
will undermine other important values,
such as our sense of community.â&#x20AC;?
Michael Manneh
Technology finance
Kellogg Avenue
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people on City Council are not
business people. ... Palo Alto needs to
become an incubator for innovation.â&#x20AC;?
Samuel Wilson
Graduate student
Stanford
â&#x20AC;&#x153;University Avenue is really crowded.
You can never drive down it, except at
3 a.m.â&#x20AC;?
Jacquetta Lannan
Lawyer
Cambridge Avenue
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cost of living is too high for those
that work within the infrastructure.â&#x20AC;?
Michael Wang
Software engineer
Vernier Place, Stanford
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parking. Town and Country Village is
so crowded I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go there anymore.â&#x20AC;?
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Joshua Meyer Stern
May 18, 1977 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 6, 2012
Joshua Meyer Stern died in Palo Alto on June 6th, 2012. He was
35.
Josh was born in Claremont, California, grew up in Palo Alto,
graduated from the Menlo School and received his B.A. from the
University of Oregon.
Josh worked for many years with Maurice and Joe Carruba at
their various eateries on the Stanford campus, at Caffe Riace in
Palo Alto, and with Just Catering.
Josh was a beloved son, grandson, brother, nephew, cousin and
friend. His effervescent personality, notorious grin, love of fun and
steadfast loyalty and generosity made him a treasured companion
to his many friends and relatives.
He was the son of the late Barbara Leventhal-Stern and Michael
Stern of Palo Alto. He is survived by his father; his brother
Nathaniel Stern; his grandmothers Ruth Goldberg and Shirley
Leventhal; his aunt and uncle Laurie Leventhal-Belfer and Howard
Belfer and his cousins Jessie and Isaac Belfer; his aunt and uncle
Robert Leventhal and Sarah Moore Leventhal and his cousins
Daniel, Micah and Elliot Leventhal; his aunt and uncle Marcy and
Richard Schwartz and his cousins Noah and Gabriel Schwartz;
his aunt and uncle Dale Goldberg and Mark Dlott and his cousins
Casey and Max Dlott; and his aunt and uncle Marcia Goldberg and
Chuck Turner.
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Robert Glaser, former Stanford
medical school dean, dies at 93
Robert J. Glaser, M.D., former
dean of the Stanford University
School of Medicine, died June 7
at his home in Palo Alto. Glaser,
whose health had declined in recent
years, was 93.
He was born
and raised in
St. Louis, Mo.,
obtained his
B.S. from Harvard College
in 1940 and
his M.D. from
Harvard Medical School
in 1943. He
trained in internal medicine in St.
Louis, focusing his research on
streptococcal infections and rheumatic fever. Appointed to the faculty
of Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis, he rose from
instructor to associate dean.
In 1956, he became dean at the
University of Colorado medical
school, where he orchestrated the
completion of a new medical center complex. In 1963, he moved to
Boston to lead Affiliated Hospitals
Center Inc., an ambitious, $50 million merger of six Harvard-affiliated
hospitals.
In 1965, he became dean of the
Stanford Medical School, where he
played a central role in the development of the Stanford Hospital and
the Stanford University Medical
Center. He helped negotiate stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchase of the City of Palo
Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stake in the hospital, improving access for community physicians
and changing the hospital environment and teaching programs.
At Stanford medical school, he
also oversaw major changes in the
curriculum to give students greater
flexibility, and laid the foundation
for the growth of its basic sciences
programs. In 1968, he was tapped to
serve as acting president of Stanford
University following the retirement
of J.E. Wallace Sterling.
In 1970, he left Stanford to become vice president of the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based
philanthropic organization devoted
to improving health care. He went
on to serve as president and chief
executive officer of the Henry J.
Kaiser Family Foundation from
1972 through 1983. In 1985, he became director for medical science
at the Lucille P. Markey Charitable
Trust, where until 1997 he oversaw
distribution of more than $500 million in support of medical science
research.
As part of his involvement with
the Palo Alto medical community,
he became involved with the Palo
Alto Medical Foundation. In 1981,
he became a founding member of its
Board of Trustees and continued to
serve as an emeritus trustee through
2008. For several decades, he also
was editor of Alpha Omega Alpha
national medical honor societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
scholarly journal â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Pharos.â&#x20AC;?
He was a founding member of the
Institute of Medicine of the National
Academy of Sciences.
He served on the boards of many
organizations, including Washington University, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Packard Humanities Institute, the Albert
and Mary Lasker Foundation, the
Kaiser Hospitals and Health Plan,
the Hewlett-Packard Company and
the Alza Corporation. He received
many professional awards and hon-
ors, including the Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medal
from Stanford University School of
Medicine, the Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medal from
the Harvard Medical School and the
Harvard Medal for Distinguished
Service.
He was married for 50 years to
Helen H. Glaser, M.D., a psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto
and on the clinical faculty at Stanford until her death in 1999. He is
survived by three children, Sally
Glaser of Palo Alto, Joseph Glaser
II of Nashville, Tenn., and Robert
Glaser, Jr., of Colleyville, Texas;
and four grandchildren, Audrey
Bower, Natalie Bower, Robert Glaser III and Caroline Glaser.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the American Philosophical Society, 104 South Fifth
St., Philadelphia, PA 19106; or the
Cancer Prevention Institute of California, 2201 Walnut Ave., Suite 300,
Fremont, CA 94538. N
Births
Sreedhar Mukkamalla and
Kiran Gaind Mukkamalla of
Palo Alto, a daughter, May 27.
Ezra and Aurelia Setton of
Menlo Park, a daughter, May
27.
Daniel and Laura Beltramo
of Menlo Park, a son, May 27.
Joe Ngaloafe and Dana
Hartman of Woodside, a son,
May 29.
Cem Unsal and Judith Stanton of Mountain View, a daughter, June 2.
Memorial Service
Ralph Libby, a World War II veteran and Palo Alto reference librarian for more than 35 years, died June
17. He was 88. A community memorial gathering will be held Thursday,
June 28, at 2 p.m. at the Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Club of Palo Alto, 475 Homer Ave.
Memorial donations may be made to
the Palo Alto Historical Association
for development of a Ralph Libby
Family Collection.
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ne reward in being the head of
one of our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community
health centers is that I have
come to know remarkable leaders who
have a single-minded commitment to
ensuring people in low-income communities have equal access to health care.
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo has been
such an advocate. On May 22nd when
she paid us a visit to recognize the significance of our receiving a Health Care
Innovation Award from the Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services we had
an opportunity to thank her for standing
by us from the start (see page 2).
We feel honored to receive this federal recognition and vote of confidence
in our innovative approach to caring for
patients with chronic conditions. We also
know that it will be a challenge to demonstrate that an investment in prevention
and early intervention at the primary care
level in treating higher risk, higher cost
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Luisa Buada
Chief Executive Officer
patients will result in lower health care
expenditures at the hospital and specialty
care level.
Can we effectively motivate patients
to change their lifestyle behaviors such
as their diet and exercise when that is the
one thing we have the least control over?
Unlike polio, where a vaccine can eradicate the problem, impacting the health
of a patient who is obese, diabetic or
hypertensive for the better is much more
complex. It requires the patient to change
behaviors that are ingrained by cultural
tradition or affected by socio-economic
circumstances or simply lifestyle preferences. How many of us succeed with our
own personal resolutions to improve our
own diet and exercise?
One thing in our favor is that at Ravenswood we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything in half
measures. It is our mission to improve
the health status of the communities
we serve. We are arming ourselves
with data, knowledge, and skills, plus
enthusiasm and determination. We have
committed ourselves to be the change we
want to see in our patients by adopting an
organizational Wellness Policy and Action
Plan. We will walk down this path together with our patients towards a healthier
future for us all.
Warm regards to you and yours,
Luisa Buada, RN, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
Ravenswood Family Health Center
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improve the health status
of the community we serve
by providing high quality,
culturally competent primary
and preventive health care to
people of all ages regardless
of ability to pay.
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of this grant is to help the
people who know how to do
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a model for others to follow.â&#x20AC;?
As a community health center, Ravenswood is the first line
of offense in the battle to prevent
chronic diseases. When patients
do have a chronic condition,
RFHC employs a combination of
intervention strategies to help the
patient self-manage their condition, and avert the catastrophic
and costly consequences of advanced diabetes, such as loss
of sight, limbs, kidney function,
stroke and/or heart problems associated with high cholesterol and
hypertension.
With the Health Innovation
award, says Dr. Jaime Chavarria,
â&#x20AC;&#x153;we can significantly strengthen
the resources of our multi-cultural, bilingual chronic care team by
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involved in providing outreach prevention and education activities.
What matters most is the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willingness to make some
basic simple changes. Eat nutritious non-processed foods, avoid
sugar beverages, and exercise in
whatever way suits you, but exercise often. However, our bodies
are stubborn and slow to cooper-
ate. So the real challenge
is to combat the lethargy
of habit. To do this Ravenswood employs a variety of
strategies. In addition to assigning a health coach, patients are offered plenty of
opportunities to take advantage of a menu of classes
that includes making nutritious meals, growing your
own vegetables, or exercising until you work up a
sweat at one of the weekly fitness
workout sessions. Most recently,
Ravenswood added another valuable resource. It is now the host
site for an organic Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market
every Wednesday from noon to 3
pm that is coordinated by our partner Collective Roots and has a variety of vegetable and fruit vendors.
Over the course of the next 3
years, Ravenswood will be very
busy, tracking health measures for
6,000 of Medicare/Medicaid covered patients. In partnership with
RFHC, Health Plan of San Mateo
and San Mateo County Health
System will evaluate reduced or
averted hospitalizations, ER visits, and other costly procedures for
those patients. At the end of the
day, Ravenswoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patients will
have benefited from a maximal effort on their behalf and the County
may see significant cost savings.
Screening Children for Special Needs Services
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home, RFHC seeks to
coordinate medical and
non-medical services to optimize
a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential. Pediatricians
are often the first to recognize
a developmental, behavioral or
emotional condition that requires
special services. Coordinating
referrals to outside agencies and
educating the parent to ensure
that their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs are met
becomes a second layer in primary care.
Diagnoses that call for support services vary widely, but
among the most common according to Associate Medical Director
Dr. Reshma Thadani is that up-
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age 2 to 4 show some level of
delay in speech development. In
2011, another 48 children were
diagnosed with attention deficit or
attention deficit with hyperactivity,
compromising performance in
school.
Concern for the future of
children with disabilities spurs
pediatric providers to lobby for
their patients to receive speech
therapy, mental health or other
special education services.
Knowing how constrained special
needs resources are already, the
pediatric community is justifiably
concerned about reduced funding
to this most vulnerable population. Early intervention is the way
to lower special needs costs in
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now serves as Ravenswood Dental Director. She is an ardent proponent of proactive
preventative care and parent education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An
infantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth is healthy to begin with, but
once colonized with bacteria that causes
decay, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to the parent to protect the
teeth. But many parents mistakenly assume
it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter since baby teeth fall out
and are replaced with permanent teeth.â&#x20AC;?
Another factor that limits access to care
is a chronic shortage of dentists willing to
accept young children with Denti-Cal coverage because of its lower reimbursement
rate.
Leading a County-wide
Demonstration Project in Early
Childhood Oral Health
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ccording to Debby Armstrong, Executive Director of First 5 San Mateo County (one of the statewide
agencies created to promote early childhood development from prenatal to age 5)
First 5 recognizes that a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oral health
is one of the predictors of a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s readiness for school, just as social and emo-
tional health are predictors.â&#x20AC;? Given this priority, the First 5 Commission voted to fund
a 2-year Ravenswood led Early Childhood
Oral Health Initiative to bring oral health
screening, prevention and parent education
to 11 Head Start sites in the county as well
as in-home care for special needs children.
This is a joint demonstration project
with University of Pacific Dugoni School of
Dentistry which developed a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Virtual Dental
Homeâ&#x20AC;? model to deliver oral health services
to underserved and special needs populations in community settings. A specially
trained team including a dental hygienist
and dental assistant will go to Head Start
sites equipped with a portable dental chair
and a dental x-ray unit and sensor that
takes the x-ray, records it on a computer
that is linked to participating dentists. The
project will examine 525 children at Head
Start sites and 100 children with special
needs in the Head Start home-based program, and those needing treatment will be
referred to a network of dentists.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This project,â&#x20AC;? says Armstrong, â&#x20AC;&#x153;highlights effective, efficient use of technology
to serve an underserved population where
families are struggling, parents are not
conversant and often donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize how important it is to ensure children receive oral
health care early.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Head Start is a natural partner for the
project,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Thakur â&#x20AC;&#x153;because they
have a mandate to report to the federal government that every child has had a dental
exam.â&#x20AC;? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more Head Start is mandated to provide education to parents on various topics and so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structured to arrange
parent education sessions for oral health.
Ravenswood anticipates that the combination of early screening and preventative
care and well-informed parents will go a
long way to reducing costly restorative care
and paves the way to a healthier start for
many pre-schoolers.
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Spotlight on Volunteers
Dr. Philip Lee
Volunteers Give a Smile
Advisory Council Member Profile
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Dentistry held its first
Community Give a
Smile Days in February. Twelve
dentists volunteered their services along with three dental assistants, two dental hygienists, and
five sterilization technicians over
two Saturdays. They provided
free dental care services to lowincome adult patients at Ravenswood who have no dental coverage and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to pay out
of pocket the sliding fee scale.
The volunteers provided treatments ranging from root canals
to extractions for 118 adult patients. Dr. Yogita Thakur, Dental
Director for Ravenswood Family
Dentistry said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful
way to extend care to adults who
are left with no coverage.â&#x20AC;?
Working together in Ravenswoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state-of-the art dental
clinic for the benefit of people
who really needed and appreciated the care was rewarding to
the volunteers. One of the volunteer dentists, Dr. Alan Peterson commented how much he
appreciated the way the patients
expressed gratitude for the care
they received. He later wrote a
A $5 Million Push Closer
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avenswood is one of
171 community health
centers in the nation to
receive a building capacity grant
from the U.S. Human Resources
and Services (HRSA) with funding made available to community
health centers through the Affordable Care Act to increase their capacity to serve more people.
According to CEO Luisa
Buada, the grant comes at a critical time for the organization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For
the past three years more people
have come for care than we can
accommodate. Our main medical
clinic is a small modular that was
intended to be a temporary site
when we opened 10 years ago.
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people that are excited about
dentistryâ&#x20AC;Śit stirs my enthusiasm
all over again. The patients were
all great and the facilities are excellent. I look forward to coming
in again.â&#x20AC;?
Special thanks to Mid-Peninsula Dental Society for their support of Give a Smile at Ravenswood Family Dentistry.
the best of it with less than optimal resources. With this infusion
of $5 million from HRSA, we are
closer to being able to construct
a spacious 35,200 square foot,
two-story health center that will
double our capacity from 11,000
to 22,000 patients a year,â&#x20AC;?
Ravenswood is on the final
leg of a three-year $26.9 million
capital campaign of which $16.2
million has been raised to date.
In the first phase, Ravenswood
constructed a state-of-the-art
dental clinic and Center for
Health Promotion. Now Ravenswood plans to begin construction of the new health center in
2013 with completion by the end
of 2014.
To learn more how you can
help, or to make a gift, contact
Aaron Lones, Development,
Planning and Evaluation Director, at alones@ravenswoodfhc.
org or 650.617.7828.
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D
r. Phil Lee joined Ravenswood Advisory
Board at a time when it was on the brink
of dramatically expanding the scope of
its services.
At the May 22nd event for the Health Care Innovation Award, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I
want to call out Dr. Phil Lee who has done so much
for health care in this country, serving two administrations, first under Johnson, and then returned to
serve under the Clinton administration.â&#x20AC;?
Dr. Lee is the third son of Dr. Russell Van Arsdale Lee, founder of the Palo Alto Clinic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; currently
known as Palo Alto Medical Foundation, one of Ravenswoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many partners. Dr. Lee graduated from
Stanford and earned his M.D. there in 1948.
In 1963 he was recruited by Dr. Leona
Baumgartner to serve in Washington D.C. as Director of Health Services for the U.S. State Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agency for International Development (AID)
where he worked on malaria eradication, nutrition,
and family planning in third world countries. He remembers when President Johnson declared a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;war
on povertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in our own country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It made us all aware
of the needs of people in our nation who lack education, housing, healthcare, job training.â&#x20AC;?
Under the Johnson administration, Dr. Lee
served as Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. At the time, he was characterized by
the press as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctor in Washington.â&#x20AC;?
He worked to implement Medicare, chaired the task
force on prescription drugs, and developed health
manpower and family planning policies.
He left federal service after Nixon took office,
and in February 1969 became third Chancellor of
UCSF. There he organized an innovative health
policy program that evolved into the UCSF Institute
for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) that has produced
cutting-edge health services research, including
early research in HIV/AIDS in 1982.
In summer of 1993 Lee was once again called
to Washington to serve as Assistant Secretary for
Health in the Department of Health and Human
Services during the Clinton administration.
Dr. Lee served as Director of the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies from 1972 to 1993,
and in September of 2007, the institute was renamed the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy
Studies in his honor. He continues as Senior Scholar at the Institute, and Professor emeritus of Social
Medicine, in the School of Medicine at UCSF.
When asked what led him to join Ravenswoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advisory Council, he commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is
an important institution that provides high quality
care to a population with so many needs. The way
Ravenswood works to engage people affected by
a chronic condition is unlike most approaches. It
also works successfully with partner organizations
to gather ideas and implement programs to meet
those needs.â&#x20AC;?
See our latest videos at www.ravenswoodfhc.org
Cover Story
Anna Yon, center, of San Jose and teammates from the Aquamaidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circusâ&#x20AC;? team float upside down underwater in formation while practicing their routine at the San Jose State
Aquatics Center on June 19.
Pursuing
Aquamaids club sends
synchronized swimmers
to nationals
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PHOTOS BY VERONICA WEBER | TEXT BY BRYCE DRUZIN
ccordion music plays on speakers as eight swimmers from the
Santa Clara Aquamaids Synchronized Swimming Club simultaneously mime with their
hands while treading water, hold
their legs in the air with heads
submerged and lift teammates
skyward â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all while trying to
hold a smile.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get teased about smiling,â&#x20AC;?
head coach Chris Carver said
during a Monday practice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But
would you want us to look like
weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in agony?â&#x20AC;?
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all part of the routine Santa
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Above: Swimmers from team â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irishâ&#x20AC;? run through their routine on deck
while coach Kendra Zanotto, right, looks on. Left: Swimmers from
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circusâ&#x20AC;? practice their ballet leg poses.
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Clockwise from top left: Jacklyn Luu of San Jose applies zinc oxide to her
face to protect it from the sun; Claire Wang, bottom, demonstrates her smile
while treading water; Coach Kendra Zanotto checks in with swimmers from
team â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irishâ&#x20AC;? about the strengths and weaknesses of their routine during a
practice at Gunderson High School pool; Michelle Roysental, bottom, of San
Jose hoists Elle Billman of Palo Alto into a flipping handstand.
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Team â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irishâ&#x20AC;? members get psyched up with a cheer before performing
their routine.
sport may find the bluntness offputting but that the directness was
(continued from page 17)
necessary.
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ships in Ohio on June 22. Circus
They
canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, someone
will be joined by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irish,â&#x20AC;? another
Aquamaids team for 13- to 15-year- was off count,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because
then everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK, who was
olds.
Circus and Irish qualified for off count?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?
Two physically demanding skills
the nationals by finishing first and
third, respectively, in regional quali- swimmers must learn are â&#x20AC;&#x153;eggbeaters,â&#x20AC;? a technique to tread water, and
fications on May 15.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were kind of scared; we â&#x20AC;&#x153;sculls,â&#x20AC;? a technique that allows
didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if we were going to swimmers to have their legs in the
make it,â&#x20AC;? said Irish member and air while the rest of their body is
Gunn High School freshman Nicky submerged.
The public doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognize
Schmidt.
the
physical demands of the sport,
Aquamaids has more than 70
swimmers, including eight from swimmers, coaches and parents
Palo Alto, ranging in age from 8 to agreed.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your core strength is huge in
22. Swimmers compete as soloists,
this
sport,â&#x20AC;? coach Robin McKinley
duets, trios or in teams of eight.
Swimmers wear makeup and col- said.
Teams practice up to four hours
orful suits that complement their
movements, performing routines to a day, six days a week. The time
commitment leads to girls staying
music.
Routines are judged based on the
difficulty, execution and synchronization of poses, movements and lifts
as well as artistic impression, which
is where the smiling comes in.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It kind of comes naturally after a
while,â&#x20AC;? said Elle Billman, a Circus
member and Palo Alto High School
sophomore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it is sometimes
hard to hold a smile when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re
panting for air.â&#x20AC;?
Billman is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;flyer,â&#x20AC;? who is lifted
by other team members while she
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chris Carver, head coach
holds a position or jumps.
Being the most visible position,
flyers have added pressure to exup late, waking up early or finding
ecute.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to make sure the lift time in the middle of the day to finworks, especially in competition, ish their homework.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I actually have a desk in the car,â&#x20AC;?
because if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ... itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty
obvious,â&#x20AC;? said Billman, who is also said Maki Yasuda, an eighth-grada member of the United States na- er at Jordan Middle School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I
study and do homework in the car
tional team for 13- to 15-year-olds.
On Monday, team members prac- on the way to swimming and on the
ticed individual parts of their rou- way back.â&#x20AC;?
What keeps young teenagers in a
tines over and over again.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfection-based sport. sport that demands so much time?
Friendship with teammates was a
Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always more you can do,â&#x20AC;?
said coach Kendra Zanotto, a former common response.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because we spend so many hours
Aquamaid who won a bronze medal
with the United States national team as a team, we get close to everyone,â&#x20AC;?
said Aimee Xu, a ninth-grader from
in the 2004 Olympics.
Girls sometimes laughed at their Fremont.
Many of the girls said they were
mistakes and bantered with their
inspired to join the Aquamaids afcoaches.
But coaches were blunt when giv- ter seeing one of the exhibitions the
club holds every year on Memorial
ing their â&#x20AC;&#x153;corrections.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to let you off this Day.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just liked all the makeup, the
lift,â&#x20AC;? Zanotto told Rachel Ye, who
swimsuits,
all those preparations,â&#x20AC;?
was struggling in her role as flyer to
pull off a pose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get Yasuda said.
The Aquamaids club was founded
it one way or another.â&#x20AC;?
Billman said someone new to the in 1964 and has been a major force
in synchronized swimming, produc-
Aquamaids
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We get teased
about smiling,
but would you
want us to look
like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in
agony?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;
PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
ing teams and swimmers that have
won national and international competitions.
Coach McKinley started swimming with the Aquamaids when she
was 10 and was on the United States
national teams that won the 1973
and 1975 World Aquatics Championships.
She said the sport has changed
since she competed, with patterns
today being tighter and lifts much
more elaborate.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nowadays itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten very acrobatic,â&#x20AC;? she said.
Though synchronized swimming
may not appear to be a contact sport
on the surface, swimmers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immune from injury.
Zanotto said the repetition and
flexibility the sport demands can
lead to strained shoulders and knees,
and spectators donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see impacts that
occur under water.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting punched or
kicked, very similar to water polo,â&#x20AC;?
Zanotto said.
All team members are administered baseline neurological tests
meant to aid a diagnosis in case of
a head injury. In the last two years,
one swimmer has been sidelined
by a possible concussion, Zanotto
said.
Swimmers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only ones
that make a time commitment to
the club.
In order to supplement the $100
monthly dues, parents are required
to volunteer 25 hours each month at
a bingo hall owned and operated by
the Aquamaids. Parents who volunteer more have their dues waived.
Aquamaids board president Bob
Anger said the hall earns $2 million
a year in net profit, which pays for
coaches, travel and pool time.
Alicia Barton, whose 15-year-old
daughter, Claire, is on the Junior national team, said she spends around
10 hours a week at the hall.
Barton said the large number of
regulars assuaged her initial misgivings about the gambling aspect of
the hall.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you get to know the clientele, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a social habit theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve
planned (financially) for,â&#x20AC;? she said.
While most swimmers will miss
occasional school days when traveling to meets, Barton said her daughter will miss five weeks to train for
and compete at the Junior world
championships in Greece this September.
As a result, she was unable to
enroll in some honors classes, but
Barton supports her daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to the sport.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Follow it now while you have
(the passion) and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re young and
healthy and have all this support,â&#x20AC;?
she said. N
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routines and talk about synchronized
swimming in a video on Palo Alto Online.
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and fellow teammates hoist Emily Anger of San Jose into a flip while practicing their routine at Gunderson High
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A weekly guide to music, theater, art, movies and more, edited by Rebecca Wallace
David Bartolomi
Stanford Jazz spotlights seasoned
musicians and newer acts, like the
wholly modern Vertical Voices
by Rebecca Wallace
S
ometimes you just know. When
the four members of Vertical
Voices sang together for the first
time, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it was euphoric,â&#x20AC;? tenor
Kerry Marsh said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very unusual thing to open your mouth
to sing a note and it feels like all four notes of
a chord are coming out of your mouth,â&#x20AC;? he
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all have the feeling of being connected to each other.â&#x20AC;? A quartet was born.
Ask most people to picture a jazz quartet,
and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably summon up a horn, a piano, a bass and a drum set. Maybe, if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re
feeling inventive, a Hammond organ in place
of the piano. Vertical Voices occupies the uncommon corner of the music universe known
as ensemble vocal jazz.
Rather than singing in a more familiar
swing or Big Band style, these vocalists use
their voices as free-form instruments, playing
with wordless sounds, unusual harmonies and
tonal color. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new generation of scatting.
The quartet is composed of Marsh and his
soprano wife, Julia Dollison, with alto Jennifer Barnes and bass Greg Jasperse. A rhythm
section of piano, drums and bass often backs
up the foursome, with a cappella and improvisation mixed in.
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fresh sound from a fresh ensemble.
The quartet performed its first gig at the end
of 2010. This summer, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing the Stanford
Jazz Festival for the first time. At the festival,
which opens tonight
and runs through
Aug. 4, Dollison will
serve on the faculty
and Vertical Voices
will perform on July
19.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big honor,â&#x20AC;?
Marsh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect a really nice and
educated crowd.â&#x20AC;?
Marsh also expects
a musically sophisticated crowd that will
appreciate Vertical
Voicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; style, which
isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always radiofriendly.
As an example, Marsh cites the ensembleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
arrangement of the Maria Schneider ballad
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sky Blue.â&#x20AC;? The vocalists sing lush, clustery
harmony high in their ranges, often in falsetto,
with the rhythm section playing underneath.
Through the mingling of wordless sounds,
Dollisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice â&#x20AC;&#x153;floats along like a soprano
saxophone,â&#x20AC;? her husband said fondly.
Schneider, a genre-bending American composer with a 17-member collective orchestra,
was the original inspiration for the quartet. In
2010, Dollison and Marsh released the album
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider,â&#x20AC;? using only their multi-tracked voices
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Several Stanford Jazz Festival performers are pictured.
Clockwise from top left: Vertical Voices singers (from left)
Greg Jasperse, Jennifer Barnes, Kerry Marsh and Julia
Dollison; singer Gretchen Parlato; guitarist and singer
Lionel Loueke; and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.
paired with
S c h n e i d e r â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
rhythm section.
When the
pair wanted to
perform this
music live, they needed two other voices, and
asked Barnes and Jasperse to join them. Now
the singers also perform new music; all four
compose and arrange; and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on
their first album together.
A handful of videos on Vertical Voicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
website give a preview of the album, with the
four singers performing the dreamy Pat Metheny number â&#x20AC;&#x153;Travelsâ&#x20AC;? (with words by Dollison) and the wordless, energetic â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cry and
the Smile,â&#x20AC;? composed by Nando Lauria.
The Vertical Voices members are also inspired by the veteran American vocal group
The Manhattan Transfer and are big fans of
the New York Voices ensemble.
Assembling their multi-layered music has
an added challenge: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally done longdistance. Marsh and Dollison live near Sacramento, Jasperse is based in Los Angeles, and
Barnes is the director of vocal jazz studies at
the University of North Texas.
The four also have a myriad of other music
obligations. Marsh auditions choir singers to
perform with Ben Foldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; symphony-orchestra
shows; Dollison teaches at Berkeleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazzschool Institute; and Jasperseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching locales include the New York Voices Vocal Jazz
Camp at Bowling Green State University.
So the quartet doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rehearse together
much. With too many lags on Skype to allow
remote rehearsals, the singers learn their parts
on their own.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Largely everything materializes on stage,â&#x20AC;?
(continued on page 22)
Arts & Entertainment
Going for the gore in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Inishmoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
Players production doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pull any punches with
Irish playwrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloodiest dark comedy
loody, bloody Martin McDonagh, a playwright who never
met a severed limb he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
want to feature in a starring role.
For another week in San Francisco
(at the SF Playhouse), McDonaghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
most recent play, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Behanding
in Spokane,â&#x20AC;? features not just one
severed hand but dozens. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
even the equivalent of a food fight,
but with severed hands instead of
Jell-O.
And closer to home, the Palo Alto
Players are letting the blood pour
forth in McDonaghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloodiest, most
limb-strewn play, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lieutenant
of Inishmore.â&#x20AC;? The gross-out factor is so high that the Players have
posted signs just outside the doors
of the Lucie Stern Theatre reading: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rated R; Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all
feckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fake.â&#x20AC;?
Those signs are no joke. This is
as violent as plays get, but the explosions of blood, the piles of body
parts and the torrents of blood gushing down the stage are â&#x20AC;&#x201D; believe it
or not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; part of a very entertaining
black comedy with a surprisingly
trenchant anti-violence message.
Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely no point in
choosing to do this play, part of
British-born McDonaghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series set
in a fairy-tale/nightmare version of
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An
Ireland, if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to absolutely go for it. Happily, director Michael Champlin and his game cast
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pull any punches. They seem
to understand that without going full
throttle on the comedy and the gore,
the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assertion that violence is
the dumbest way to deal with anything might not register.
Special mention must be made of
properties designer Pat Tyler and
special effects artist Tunuviel Luv
Gulamani for their outstanding
work making the island of Inishmore the most bloody awful place
in Ireland. Terrible things are done
to cats (prop cats, let it be said), and
thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what sets the revenge plot in
motion. Even worse things are done
to people, but one of the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most
powerful observations is that we often react more strongly to violence
and animals than to violence and
people.
A satiric look at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;troublesâ&#x20AC;?
of Ireland, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inishmoreâ&#x20AC;? takes as its
main character a terrorist deemed
â&#x20AC;&#x153;too madâ&#x20AC;? for the IRA. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of a
splinter group, and even his terrorist
cohorts are afraid of him because he
takes torture to new heights. When
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THEATER REVIEW
we meet Padraic (Jarrod Pirtle),
heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the midst of torturing a drug
dealer who sells to little kids. The
victim (Warren Wernick) is hanging upside down, a trickle of blood
running down the length of his body
and his bare chest as a result of the
toenails that Padraic has ripped out.
Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about to cut off a nipple when
he gets a call from his dad announcing that Padraicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved cat, Wee
Thomas, has taken a turn.
We know that poor Wee Thomas
is more than ill. The black cat has
used up his nine lives, and he did not
leave this planet singing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memory.â&#x20AC;?
On a Sunday matinee, this combination of animal and human mayhem
was too much for the two ladies sitting in front of me and a couple sitting behind me. Within 15 minutes
of the play starting, they took their
leave.
This is understandable but unfortunate. If you stick with this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lieutenant,â&#x20AC;? thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big payoff, and
you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to wait too long
because the two-act play is not even
two hours long.
In Act 2, the body count really
begins to rise as a trio of terrorists
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Troy Johnson, Henry Nolin and
(continued on page 22)
Joyce Goldschmid
by Chad Jones
Melinda Marks, left, is the fetching neighbor girl who provides a
diversion for â&#x20AC;&#x153;sympatheticâ&#x20AC;? terrorist Padraic (Jarrod Pirtle).
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Lieutenant
(continued from page 21)
Martin Gutfeldt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; attempts to deal
with their crazy, grief-stricken cohort. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much luck, but
Mairead (Melinda Marks), a fetching
neighbor girl with a talent for shooting
out cowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyes, succeeds quite nicely
in taking Padraicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention away
from the Wee Thomas problem.
The real clowns of the piece are
Padraicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad, Donny (Dan Roach),
and long-haired neighbor boy Davey
(Ryan Mardesich). These are fools
of the highest order, and part of
their hilarity comes from an inability to be fazed by anything, even if
it requires burning off fingerprints.
From fingers.
Pirtle as Padraic is about as sympathetic as a terrorist can get. Padraicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lust (and talent) for violence
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is undoubtedly rooted in his rough
Inishmore upbringing, but as his
soft spot for cats demonstrates, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
a sensitive soul. After one particular torture session, he makes sure
his victim has bus fare to get to the
hospital for a tetanus shot, stat. He
acknowledges that he has not been
washing the razor blade he uses in
his bloodletting.
Oh, the bloodletting. The special
effects involving gunshots to the
head, with bright red splatters and
bits of ... stuff ... hitting the wall
are just about perfect. The audience
groans and laughs almost simultaneously, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the McDonagh
sweet spot. When you see â&#x20AC;&#x153;bloodâ&#x20AC;?
running down and dripping off the
edge of the stage, you have to laugh.
The absurdity of violence cannot be
denied and neither can the risky, rewarding appeal of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lieutenant
of Inishmore.â&#x20AC;? N
What: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lieutenant of Inishmoreâ&#x20AC;?
by Martin McDonagh, presented by
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Fresh sounds
(continued from page 20)
Marsh said.
Plenty of other new sounds will be
materializing this summer at Stanford Jazz. Now in its 40th season,
the festival begins tonight in Dinkelspiel Auditorium with the Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez.
Besides the members of Vertical Voices, other young performers
include singers Sasha Dobson and
Gretchen Parlato on Aug. 1, and
Menlo Park native and pianist Taylor
Eigsti on July 30. Festival founder
and director Jim Nadel will lead his
annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Early Bird Jazz for Kidsâ&#x20AC;?
program to attract an even younger
generation, on June 23.
The festival lineup also includes
performances by venerable drummer Roy Haynes; trumpeter Ray
Brown, a former member of Stan
Kentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band; bebop saxophonist
Charles McPherson; Julian Lage,
Victor Lin and Jorge Roeder playing
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Clubâ&#x20AC;? acoustic jazz on fiddle,
guitar and bass; and singer Luciana
Souza performing Brazilian jazz
with guitarist Romero Lubambo. N
What: The concerts and lectures of
the Stanford Jazz Festival, running
concurrently with jazz camp and adult
jazz residencies for students
Where: Stanford University, with venues including Dinkelspiel Auditorium
and Campbell Recital Hall. (Vertical
Voices performs at 7:30 p.m. July 19
in Dinkelspiel.)
When: Concerts run June 22 through
Aug. 4, mostly in the evenings.
Cost: Ticket prices vary, with discounts available for students, children
and groups.
Info: Go to stanfordjazz.org or call
650-725-ARTS.
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ART CENTER RE-OPENING
PLANNED ... The Palo Alto Art Center has set the date ... to officially
reopen, that is. After $7.9 million
worth of renovations, the center is
set to reopen on Saturday, Oct. 6,
with a open house of all-ages art
activities, live music and dance, art
demos, and of course a ribboncutting. The center has been closed
since April 2011 and is expected to
emerge from the construction with
revamped exhibition spaces, a new
childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wing and gallery shop,
and spiffed-up landscaping, lighting, windows and climate-control
systems. The open house will go
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1313
Newell Road, and will also include
new installations by several artists.
For details, go to cityofpaloalto.org/
artcenter.
Eating Out
Michelle Le
the soup can be garnished with onion, lettuce, tortilla chips, radishes
or avocado. The fish taco ($4.50)
was another unequivocal hit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so
delicately fried that the flavor really
shone through.
Another visit was less successful.
The chicken mole rojo ($13.50) consisted of a few dry chunks of white
meat drowning in a thick red sauce.
While the manager would not tell
me the ingredients used in the Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
version, it lacked the complexity of
flavors of the chilies, seeds, spices
and chocolate used in other moles I
have savored. The dish came with a
choice of beans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the refried beans
were delicious â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and fresh warm
corn tortillas. An appetizer of cheese
nachos ($6.50) arrived ice-cold, but
the mishap was quickly and graciously remedied.
The Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drink menu includes
aguas frescas, horchata (a Mexican
beverage made with rice and cinnamon) and a selection of margaritas
($7).
Despite some glitches here and
there, servers were genuinely upbeat,
friendly and eager to please. Madeto-order fresh dishes take time to
prepare â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with sometimes disconcertingly long waits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but each staff
person made it a point to acknowledge any delay with sincere regret.
I like and admire what Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is
trying to do in terms of modifying
traditional Mexican dishes for our
health-conscious sensibilities. When
the dishes are done right, they really
do combine the best of both worlds.
But there are still plenty of details to
address. N
The taco salad has a choice of meat with corn, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa
fresca, avocado and cheese in a flour-tortilla shell.
Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Main Street
163 Main St., Los Altos
650-559-8226
lulusmexicanfood.com
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.;
Sun. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Price range: $4.95-$15-50
Reservations
Banquet
Credit cards
Catering
Lot parking
Alcohol
Takeout
Highchairs
Wheelchair
access
Outdoor
seating
Noise level:
Average
Bathroom
Cleanliness:
Good
PENINSULA
Slow food, Mexican-style
New Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eatery delivers fresh, tasty dishes,
but waits can be long
by Ruth Schechter
T
hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole new subset of
Mexican food pervading the
mid-Peninsula. The latest generation of burritos, tacos, tamales
and other icons of Mexican cuisine
is touting freshness, sustainability
and organic, local ingredients. In
principle, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing.
Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Main Street, which
opened in January in Los Altos, is
the newest branch of a local chain
that started in West Menlo Park in
2005, then expanded to Palo Alto
and San Carlos. The business keeps
freshness at the fore. An open kitchen displays piles of lettuce, avocados,
peppers and other ingredients ready
at hand for kitchen workers to dice,
slice and prep for an extensive menu
of mostly traditional Mexican dishes.
A salsa bar holds about 10 variations
made fresh every morning, ranging
from mild roasted red salsa to bright
green tomatillo sauce. The manager
told me that the kitchen uses only olive and canola oil, and that tortilla
chips are made fresh all day long.
The largest of the four Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurants, the Los Altos branch has
about 15 inside tables, plus outdoor
seating both in front and back. Concrete floors, shiny metal tables and
chairs, wide-screen TV, pumpkincolored walls and Katy Perry blasting away make for a young mainstream vibe.
The menu is posted along one
wall, so patrons need to find a spot to
decide on their selection before getting in line to order. Once the order
is placed, you take a seat and wait
for your number to be called. In theory, all well and good, but when the
weather is too chilly to eat outside,
the floor plan creates uncomfortable
logjams.
On two evening visits, the place
was packed, which meant that patrons were stalled by the door trying
to read the menu, backed up among
the tables to order and then bottlenecked by the bus station staring at
diners and praying for a spot to open
up before their number was called.
Because of the barrage of teens and
families, the salsa station was not
maintained, the utensils were not
well stocked and crumbled napkins
remained on the floor.
A late-afternoon visit went much
more smoothly, but the layout remains illogical and can be intrusive
to those already seated. The place
needs a designated queue.
As for the food, flavors are fresh
and well-defined. Most selections
come with a selection of meat, including pollo asado (grilled chicken), carnitas (slow-roasted pork),
machaca (shredded beef), albanil
(seasoned ground beef and chorizo)
and chile colorado (seasoned pork in
tomato sauce). The menu includes
several gluten-free and vegetarian
options, and pinto, black and refried
beans are cooked without animal
products.
The chimichanga ($7.95), a deepfried burrito served with your choice
of meat, was accompanied by a colorful dabs of sour cream, salsa and
guacamole. Although a little drab for
my taste, it was light and not at all
greasy, and the variety of condiments
came in handy to add a little punch.
Shrimp ceviche tostada ($4.50) was
a generous mound of shrimp in a
strangely sweet red sauce over a crisp
corn tortilla.
A cup of the pozole soup ($4),
made with chunks of chicken and
tender hominy in a mellow green
broth, was simply fabulous. Though
rich and well-balanced all on its own,
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Armadillo Willyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Chef Chuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
941-2922
1031 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
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948-2696
1067 N. San Antonio Road
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Cheese Steak Shop
Mingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
326-1628
2305-B El Camino Real, Palo Alto
856-7700
1700 Embarcadero East, Palo Alto
www.mings.com
Luttickenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
854-0291
3535 Alameda, Menlo Park
www.luttickens.com
The Old Pro
326-1446
541 Ramona Street, Palo Alto
www.oldpropa.com
STEAKHOUSE
Sundance the Steakhouse
321-6798
1921 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
www.sundancethesteakhouse.com
New Tung Kee Noodle House
947-8888
520 Showers Drive, Mountain View
www.shopmountainview.com/luvnoodlemv
INDIAN
Janta Indian Restaurant
462-5903
369 Lytton Ave.
www.jantaindianrestaurant.com
Thaiphoon
323-7700
543 Emerson Ave, Palo Alto
www.ThaiphoonRestaurant.com
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EAST PALO ALTO GETS AN IZZYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ...
As Izzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brooklyn Bagels celebrates
its 16th year in Palo Alto at 477 S.
California Ave., it has opened a second
shop in East Palo Alto. Located at 2220
University Ave. at Bell Street, it sits behind Three Brothers Tacos in a small
strip mall. Izzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general manager Diana
Arzate said she was thrilled with the
new venue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been looking for
a second location for at least five years,
but we were having trouble finding a
spot nearby with reasonable rent,â&#x20AC;? she
said, adding that she has lived in East
Palo Alto for 13 years and not found any
healthful options for breakfast in town.
The 2,000-square-foot bagel shop has
scheduled a grand opening, with free
bagels, for July 4.
by Daryl Savage
SAY CHEESE; PIAZZA TO EXPAND ...
Piazza Fine Foods at 3922 Middlefield
Road in Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charleston Center
is in the midst of growing another 4,000
square feet, an increase of about 20
percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been limited
for space here, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been thinking
about expanding for a long time,â&#x20AC;? said
Gary Piazza, who shares ownership
of the 25-year-old market with his two
brothers and father. Piazza is expanding into the space next door that became vacant following the departure
of Gentle Dental earlier this year. The
new space will be dedicated to increas-
ing the size of the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheese shop,
and will also house an expanded meat
and deli department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect to
have about 500 varieties of cheeses,â&#x20AC;?
Piazza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many new
cheese makers around here. People
keep asking me about more local items,
so now I can bring in these small boutique cheeses from areas like Petaluma
and Fort Bragg.â&#x20AC;? Piazza also plans to
increase seating to about 20 seats both
indoors and outdoors. The expected
opening is Oct. 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if everything
goes well, we could open by mid-September,â&#x20AC;? Piazza said.
SHOKOLAAT SHUTTERED ... Shokolaat Restaurant at 516 University Ave.
in Palo Alto served its last truffle on
June 16. The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landlord plans
to convert the downtown building to
retail and office space in another year,
and though he offered Shokolaat one
more year of life before the conversion,
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in taking it,â&#x20AC;?
said co-owner Shekoh Moossayi, who
shared ownership of the restaurant
with her husband, Mark Ainsworth. The
couple plans to move to France.
NEW RESTAURANTS AT STANFORD
... The fast-casual Mexican grill Chipotle opened this month at Stanford
Shopping Center, next to Pinkberry.
Although the menu is identical to those
of other restaurants in the chain, the
interior has a different look, with a long,
sleek contemporary style. Also newly
opened in the mall is Yucca de Lac, a
tropical-looking indoor/outdoor Asianfusion restaurant. Located near Califor-
nia Pizza Kitchen, Yucca de Lac hails
from Hong Kong, where it has been a
mainstay for 50 years.
BETSEY GOES BANKRUPT ... The
news is not so great for Betsey Johnson, whose unconventional, high-end
clothing and accessories store is
no more. The company has filed for
bankruptcy, forcing all of its 63 stores
to close, including the one at Stanford
Shopping Center. The only items that
remained were the black-and-white
checkered tile floor and a handwritten
sign on the window that said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Closed
Forever.â&#x20AC;? But even those remnants were
covered recently when the space was
boarded up, awaiting a new tenant. Betsey Johnson fashions can still be found
at Nordstrom and Bloomingdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.
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(Century 16, Century 20) There is
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latest animated offering. Of the 11
feature films Pixar has produced to
date, 10 have focused on a male protagonist. There have been boy toys
(â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toy Storyâ&#x20AC;?), boy bugs (â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Bugâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Lifeâ&#x20AC;?), boy beasts (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monsters, Inc.â&#x20AC;?)
and even boy robots (â&#x20AC;&#x153;WALL-Eâ&#x20AC;?).
Boys, boys, boys.
Occasionally a strong female character shares the spotlight with the
leading male â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as Elastigirl in
2004â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Incrediblesâ&#x20AC;? and EVE in
â&#x20AC;&#x153;WALL-Eâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but for the most part
Pixar has been a toon town brimming
with testosterone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Braveâ&#x20AC;? breaks the
mold with its vivacious heroine and
a plot that explores her relationship
with her mother. It would have been
easy to follow the generic â&#x20AC;&#x153;young adventurer embarks on a life-changing
questâ&#x20AC;? formula. But some of the best
movies are those that dare to be different. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Braveâ&#x20AC;? dares.
Set in the 10th century in the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch, the story
follows bow-wielding Merida (voice
of Kelly Macdonald), the daughter
of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of
Emma Thompson). Elinor is determined to make Merida a polished
princess, while Meridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests are
more in line with her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warrior
ways.
Meridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defiance hits a peak when
Elinor invites three suitors to compete for her daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand in marriage. The resulting argument causes
a rift between Elinor and Merida.
Storming off, Merida finds herself
at the doorstep of an eccentric witch,
who offers her a chance to be free of
her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the
first rule in the fantasy guidebook?
Never trust a witch. Soon Merida
must do everything in her power to
reverse the witchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spell.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Braveâ&#x20AC;? features arguably the
best animation ever to grace the big
screen. The visuals are fluid and
vibrant, from the rolling Highland
hills to the crimson strands of Meridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair. The picture is also awash in
playful humor, with plenty of laughs
coming courtesy of Meridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three
mischievous brothers (and one awkward bear). Many of the voice actors are Scottish-born (Macdonald,
Connolly, Kevin McKidd and Robbie Coltrane of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potterâ&#x20AC;?
franchise, to name a few).
Lads may be disappointed by
the wealth of feminine energy, but
I found it refreshing. The relationship that evolves between mother
and daughter is heartfelt (keep the
Kleenex close during the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s climax).
There is a surprising beauty to
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Braveâ&#x20AC;? that transcends its visual excellence. This one is worth the risk.
Rated PG for some scary action
and rude humor. One hour, 40 minutes.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tyler Hanley
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End of the World --
(Century 16, Century 20) In 21
days, a 70-mile-wide asteroid will
vaporize the Earth: no more putting
off that bucket list. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the premise of the comedy-drama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeking a
Friend for the End of the World.â&#x20AC;?
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria
has a strong starting point there,
though the road trip that follows is
something of a ramble instead of a
well-mapped journey. Steve Carell
plays Dodge Petersen, a sad-sack
insurance agent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a bluntly
symbolic name â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t embrace the â&#x20AC;&#x153;anything goesâ&#x20AC;? ethic
seizing his friends during these end
days. Left by his wife, Dodge dutifully reports to work and resists the
urging of friends (including Connie
Britton and Rob Corddry) to find the
nearest warm body. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going
to spend the last month of my life
getting to know someone,â&#x20AC;? he insists.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ridiculous.â&#x20AC;?
Of course thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precisely what
happens when Dodge abruptly gets
to know his neighbor Penny (Keira
Knightley), a flittering Brit whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
about had it with her boyfriend
(Adam Brody). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her parents she
pines to see before the end of the
world, so with Dodgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encouragement (and the promise of a private
plane at the end of the rainbow),
Penny grabs an armload of record
albums and hits the road. Dodge has
his own agenda: to reunite with his
high-school sweetheart, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the one
that got away.â&#x20AC;?
Just as no rocket scientist can save
this world, one isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t needed to guess
where the story is headed: the 40something Dodge and 28-year-old
Penny will emotionally bond and
fall in love. Scafaria settles for convention within her unconventional
premise, willfully avoiding the question of whether soulful love can be
understood to be real â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as opposed
to a sort of â&#x20AC;&#x153;battlefield commissionâ&#x20AC;?
marriage of convenience under the
extreme duress of the apocalypse.
Carell and Knightley make appealing leads, grounding the material and helping to earn its tones of
melancholy and sweetness. Dodgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
gentle soul and Pennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lively one
prove complementary in making
their way through a changed world,
and the actors enable suspension of
disbelief. (Also crucial: a late appearance by an unbilled actor of
note.) In an open frame of mind,
one can easily accept the film as a
life-affirming romance, despite the
foregone conclusion.
But for the apocalyptic circumstances to be more than cheap window dressing, Scafaria owes us more
thought and insight and satiric zest
than her film offers. Not enough of
the jokes about total abandon, or the
lack thereof, in the face of doom land
on sure footing. And worse, a running gag about Dodgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dimwitted
Hispanic maid (Tonita Castro) continuing to clean his apartment condescends terribly: Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too happy
to serve to consider going home to
her family. Yeah, maids love their
jobs and their bosses more than life
itself. That sounds right. Emotional
resonance is for middle-class white
people.
Fans of the leads probably wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
feel cheated, and Scafaria sticks to
her apocalyptic promise, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeking a Friendâ&#x20AC;? should have looked a
bit harder.
Rated R for language including
sexual references, and some drug
use and violence. One hour, 42 minutes.
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(Aquarius) Relationships have a
way of becoming needlessly complicated, as reflected by the title of
the cleverly complicated relationship
film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sister.â&#x20AC;?
Writer-director Lynn Shelton
(â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humpdayâ&#x20AC;?) wastes no time in
(re)establishing her indie credentials and laying the groundwork for
extreme awkwardness. In a wellrealized opening sequence, Mark
Duplassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jack casts a shadow over
a one-year memorial get-together in
honor of his late brother (who once
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (R) (Not Reviewed)
Century 16: Fri. & Sat. at 10 a.m. & 9:40 p.m.; Sun. at 10 a.m. & 9:20 p.m.; Mon.-Thu. at 10:30 a.m. & 9:20 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Thu. at 11
a.m.; 1:30, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20 & 10:30 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Sun. also at 12:30 & 3:10 p.m.; In 3D Mon.-Thu. also at 1 & 3:30 p.m.
Century 20: 10:45 a.m. & 9:10 p.m.; Thu. also at 11:45 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Thu. at 11:55 a.m.; 1:20, 2:25, 3:55, 5, 6:30, 7:40 & 10:20
p.m.; In 3D Thu. also at 11:30 p.m.
Bernie (PG-13) (((
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) ((1/2
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7:15 p.m.; Tue. & Wed. at 1:15 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 1:15 & 10 p.m.; Mon. & Thu. also at 1:15 p.m.
Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed)
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Brave (PG) (((1/2
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The Dictator (R) ((1/2
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Headhunters (R) (Not Reviewed)
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Linkin Park Living Things Concert (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed)
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Lola Versus (R) (Not Reviewed)
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Madagascar 3: Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Wanted (PG) (Not Reviewed)
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p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also at 10:30 a.m.; 4, 6:40 & 9:10 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Sun. also at 10:30 a.m.; In 3D Mon.-Thu. also at 10:50
a.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 12:25, 1:25, 3:50, 6:20 & 8:45 p.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 2:55 & 5:20 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Thu. at 11:40 a.m.; 2,
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Magic Mike (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: Thu. at 12:01 a.m.
Century 20: Thu. at 12:01 a.m.
Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Favorite Sport? (1964) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed)
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed)
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Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13) (((1/2
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Prometheus (R) (Not Reviewed)
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Rio Bravo (1959) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed)
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Rock of Ages (PG-13) ((
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Safety Not Guaranteed (R) (Not Reviewed)
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Century 20: 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25 & 9:55 p.m.
The Searchers (1956) (PG) (Not Reviewed)
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (R) ((
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Snow White and the Huntsman (PG-13) ((1/2
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10:30 p.m.; Sun. also at 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m.; 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m.
Ted (R) (Not Reviewed)
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dated Emily Bluntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iris). Instantly,
we know where he lives, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a
dark, if wry, place. Concerned about
her friend and perhaps dealing with
unresolved feelings of her own, Iris
invites Jack to get away from it all,
on his own, at a woodsy cabin belonging to her family.
But Jack arrives at the cabin to
discover that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already occupied,
by a sexy woman. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be Hannah
(Rosemarie DeWitt of â&#x20AC;&#x153;United States
of Taraâ&#x20AC;?), Irisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lesbian sister. The
ensuing drunken meeting of minds
(and body parts) becomes only more
complicated when Iris turns up at the
cabin to check on Jack. Shelton has
more twists in store to tangle the relationships among her three characters, but it would be ruinous of me
not to let those detonate on cue.
As a three-hander, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Sisterâ&#x20AC;? devotes itself to character,
and the actors eagerly take advantage
of the opportunity. Duplass, with his
basset-hound face, has become king
of the indies, and though he pushes
just a bit here, contradictorily, to convey how loose and natural heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being, he has a strong comic sense, and
he generally rises to the level of his
co-stars. Blunt and the sadly unsung
DeWitt deliver impeccable performances, selling us on their sisterhood (despite differing accents) and
the shakable but inseparable bond
between them.
Shelton encourages the realistic sense of intimacy by giving the
pair more than one quiet confab lying beside each other in a bed. The
chamber-drama pressure-cooker of
the script â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a 12-day shooting
schedule â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lends itself to meaty
character development (as well as
those hairpin plot turns). And the
semi-improvisational approach
works surprisingly well with this
set of actors. Unfortunately, in the
third act, Shelton betrays significant
strain and questionable judgment in
how she sweeps up the enjoyable
mess sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s created (and thus the selfconscious â&#x20AC;&#x153;open endingâ&#x20AC;? wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much
feel like one to the viewer).
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sisterâ&#x20AC;? turns out
not to be heady in theme and may
not linger long after viewing, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
still an enjoyable emotional wringer
to be put through, in the company of
a well-matched trio of actors.
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OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Senior Andrew
Luck was honored as the Al Masters
Award winner at the annual Stanford
Athletic Board Awards Luncheon,
highlighting Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic success during the 2011-12 campaign .
. . Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nicole Gibbs has been
named the 2012 Campbell/ITA National College Player of the Year in
womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis, the ITA announced
last week. Additionally, Gibbs and
doubles partner Mallory Burdette
were named the Campbell/ITA National Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doubles Team of the
Year . . . Castilleja has named Maeve
Ward as its interim athletic director
for the coming year. She replaces Jez
McIntosh, who left to become Facilities, Event and Operations Manager
at Stanford . . . Former Stanford football safety O.J. Atogwe signed a oneyear deal with the Philadelphia Eagles
of the NFL. He spent last season with
the Washington Redskins after six
seasons with the St. Louis Rams.
Veronica Weber
BABE RUTH PLAYOFFS . . . What
was supposed to be a four-team
playoff for the Palo Alto Babe Ruth
City Tournament, has become a fiveteam affair after an unusual three-way
tie for third place following the end
of the regular season on Tuesday.
Alhouse Realty, Goetz Brothers and
Guy Plumbing all finished with 9-8
records behind regular-season champ
B&B Builders and runner-up Adaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Cafe. Without a tiebreaker to eliminate
one of the three teams from the two
remaining playoff berths, a play-in
game will be held Friday between
Alhouse and Goetz Brothers at Baylands Athletic Center at 5:30 p.m. The
winner will receive the No. 4 seed and
play B&B Builders on Saturday at 1
p.m., also at Baylands. Adaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe
will face No. 3 seed Guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plumbing
on Friday at 8 p.m. Second-round
games on Saturday will find the B&B
Builders-No. 4 seed loser playing at 4
p.m., and the winner playing the Adaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Cafe-Guy Plumbing winner at 7 p.m.
B&B Builders is the two-time defending city tournament champion.
Recent Palo Alto High grad Jasmine Tosky will face the toughest meet of her life when she takes on many of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best swimmers at the U.S.
Olympic Trials next week.
Swimmingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trials and tribulations
Palo Alto High grad Tosky among the many competing for a precious few berths on U.S. Olympic Team
by Keith Peters
he word is out. Michael Phelps
is entered in seven events at
next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U.S. Olympic
Swim Trials, setting himself up for
a possible 10 medals at the London
Games this summer.
Palo Alto High grad Jasmine
Tosky, however, has qualified in 12
events for the Trials, which will be
held in Omaha, Neb. No swimmer
T
in America, not even Phelps, can
match that.
Tosky, however, will not swim in
that many events. In fact, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entered in only six â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the 100 and 200
free, 100 and 200 fly, and 200 and
400 IM â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and quite possibly will
drop a few races in order to have
the best chance of making the U.S.
Olympic team.
While the 27-year-old Phelps will
Trials. I am still trying to gain experience but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m also trying to treat
this meet like any other meet and
just race.â&#x20AC;?
While Tosky has competed in
the FINA World Championships,
the U.S. National Championships
and various international meets that
have taken her around the world, the
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TRACK & FIELD
McLain hopes to take
final steps in comeback
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Saturday
by Keith Peters
Diving: U.S. Olympic Team Trials, 1
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Track & field: U.S. Olympic Team Trials, 5 p.m., NBC
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Diving: U.S. Olympic Team Trials,
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Track & field: U.S. Olympic Team Trials, 4 p.m., NBC
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be competing in his final U.S. Trials, this is the first for the 18-yearold Tosky.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Truly, I am a little nervous because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to expect,â&#x20AC;?
said Tosky, who will swim her first
race on Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will be my
first ever Olympic Trials and I definitely do feel like a rookie, but an
experienced one. Past international
meets have helped prepare me for
After being sidelined by a devastating injury, Stanford grad Erica McLain
hopes to earn her second Olympic team berth in the triple jump.
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our years ago, Erica McLain
was earning herself a trip to
the Beijing Olympics as a
member of the U.S. Olympic track
and field team. Two years ago, she
ranked No. 1 in the nation in the
womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triple jump. Last year,
McLain was lying in a hospital bed,
her career all but finished.
On Saturday, the career of Stanford grad Erica McLain will come
full circle as she begins qualifying
at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., in an attempt to earn a
trip to the 2012 Summer Games in
London.
This is a comeback story perhaps
unlike any other in the history of
U.S. track and field.
During practice at Stanford in
March of 2011, McLain leaped too
far during the second phase of the
triple jump â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her right foot landing
half in and out of the pit, causing a
severe rollover of the foot.
Her ankle gave out and the dislocation caused her foot to flip
completely upside down. All of her
ankle ligaments were torn and tibia
broke through her skin. The injury
was devastating.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was no fracture,â&#x20AC;? McLain
recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, I really thought it
was going to have to be amputated.
One doctor said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll
be running and jumping again.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?
Despite spending five days in
Stanford Hospital and enduring two
surgeries to clean the sand from her
wound and have her tibia and fibula
bones reset, McLain never gave up
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Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Morton will run for Nigeria instead of USA
by Keith Peters
hen the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top runners
go to the starting line next
week for qualifying rounds
of the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 400-intermediate hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Track and
Field Trials, Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amaechi
Morton will not be among them.
Morton, who earlier this month
ran the fastest race of his life (48.79)
to become the first Stanford hurdler to win that race at the NCAA
championships, has made his deci-
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sion on which path heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take in an
attempt to qualify for the London
Olympics.
Instead of competing at the U.S.
Trials in Eugene, Ore., Morton will
take advantage of his dual citizenship and compete at the 66th Cross
River state/AFN All Nigeria Open
Athletics Championships that begin
Monday in Calabar, Nigeria.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity that you
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give up,â&#x20AC;? Morton told
David Rutz of Atlanta-based Neigh-
borNewspapers.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know
whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be happening four
years from now.â&#x20AC;?
Morton is not listed among the entrants for the U.S. Trials and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
projected among the top 10 finishers in the 400 IH by Track and Field
News Magazine.
Mortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Nkem Sabena
Obiekwe, was born in Nigeria while
Morton was born in the U.S., thus
giving him dual citizenship. He
competed for Nigeria at the 12th
TRACK & FIELD
would have been only the third-fastest American at the U.S. Trials behind Olympians Bershawn Jackson
(48.20) and Angelo Taylor (48.71).
The risk of having to finish among
the top three in order evidently was
too great for Morton.
Morton graduated on Sunday
after earning a double major (one
in science, technology and society
and the other in Iberian and Latin-
McLain
for that, I may have given up long
ago, but I constantly remind myself
what a poor lesson that would teach
them.â&#x20AC;?
McLain spent the spring as an assistant track coach at Monta Vista
High in Cupertino. She also was a
volunteer coach at Stanford, which
helped take her mind off her injury.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The month that I had to stay in
bed due to my ankle injury was the
longest month of my life, thus far,â&#x20AC;?
she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The few months that I had
to take completely off, not even allowed to do ab/core strengthening,
nearly drove me insane. It was the
first time in my whole life, since I
was 5 years old, that I had to take
that much time away from sports.
However, my injury taught me patience and about my personal ability
to overcome adversity . . . an inner
strength that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that I
possessed.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The power of positivity is real. I
can attest to that whole-heartedly. I
spent the past 14 months mentally
blocking out the pain I felt and willing myself through my training sessions. However, at the beginning of
May, I began to relapse. I suffered a
hamstring injury to the same leg as
my injured ankle and that was the
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;straw that broke the camelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
so to speak; it broke my heart and
my will. I went on a bit of a downwards spiral for awhile.â&#x20AC;?
With her spirit broken, McLain
said she became consumed with
negative thoughts and felt the pain
in her ankle more clearly than ever.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It even hurt to sleep,â&#x20AC;? she said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew tired of mentally trying to
stay strong and positive. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very
tiresome thing to do . . . Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been
crying more days than Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been
happy lately . . . Dealing with injury, especially when it keeps you
from something you love, is a very
difficult process to go through.â&#x20AC;?
But, that process is at an end. A
possible trip to London and the culmination of a dream is for the taking
in the next few days.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making the Olympic team again
would be huge,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would
be a testament to my perseverance
and courage. And, even if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
make the team, as long as I can look
back on this experience and can say
I gave it my all, then, in a way, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
a win.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;(But) Making the team again
would mean the world to me, and
mean the world to my parents and
everyone I have been supported by.
It would be a great end to be able
to tell people â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;everyone has adversity in their life and sometimes they
have to work hard to overcome.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;
And, it would be really great to be
able to use this story to inspire people to overcome whatever adversity
happens to be part of their lives, because I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that
everyone can relate to.â&#x20AC;? N
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Derrick
runs for
Olympics
Stanford grad competes
in 10,000 final Friday
at U.S. Olympic Trials
by Keith Peters
S
Don Gosney
tanford senior Chris Derrick
may go down in history as
one of the best runner never
to have won an NCAA individual
title. However, that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean he
hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accomplished anything.
For starters, Derrick is one of the
most-decorated athletes in Stanford
history with 14 All-America honors,
adding to that status with a third
place in the 10,000 at the NCAA
Championships last month.
Derrick also set the American
Collegiate Record in the 10,000
meters this spring while clocking
27:31.38 during a third-place finish
at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
That time made Derrick the No.
1 American this season at that distance heading into the 2012 U.S.
Olympic Trials at Hayward Field
in Eugene, Ore. While the meet got
under way Thursday with the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hammer finals, Derrick will be among those in the spotlight on Friday.
Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when he toes the line in
the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10,000 final, with the
top three finishers earning a berth
on the U.S. Olympic Team bound
for the Summer Games in London,
England.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;To make the Olympic team, coming straight out of college, being 21,
would be a tremendous thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; obviously a huge point of pride,â&#x20AC;? said
Derrick, who graduated last Sunday.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to change
the world or anything, but it would
mean a lot to me and my family and
to the people who have helped support me over the years, validating
all the effort and time that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put
in to help me be a better runner.â&#x20AC;?
Derrick also is scheduled to run
the 5,000 at the Olympic Trials,
with qualifying on Monday and finals scheduled for June 28. His best
bet, however, is in the 10K where
heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of eight runners with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
standard. The four fastest, however,
ran their times last year while Derrick seconds a second group of four
who qualified at the Payton Jordan
meet.
It has been a long season for Derrick, who ran cross country, indoor
IAAF World Championships in
Berlin in 2009, failing to help Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4x400 relay team advance to
the finals.
Earlier this season, Morton was
mum on which country heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d represent this summer. Morton, however,
ran 48.95 to win the Pac-12 Championships and earn an Olympic â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
standard. He then clocked his lifetime best of 48.79 for the NCAA title, ranking him No. 6 in the world.
Despite that lofty ranking, Morton
Recent Stanford grad Chris Derrick (right) will go after an Olympic
berth in the 10,000 on Friday night in Eugene, Ore.
track and then outdoors.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving up to the Olympic level,
running is still running,â&#x20AC;? Derrick
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trying to balance the NCAA
season and the Olympics, if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in
good shape for one, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in good
shape for the other. For the most
part, the NCAA season prepares me
to race well in the Olympics.â&#x20AC;?
To get to London, Derrick will
have to contend with veteran runners like Galen Rupp (26:48.00),
Tim Nelson (27:28.19) and Matt
Tegenkamp (27:28.22), among others. Of the eight runners with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
standard, Derrick ranks fifth.
Derrick, however, believes he has
been well-prepared for the challenge.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great
coaches who have helped me, from
a technical side, get better with
proper training,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The other
big thing . . . every athlete kind of
wants to be known, or admired or
recognized for their accomplishments. If you want to do that here
(at Stanford), you have to be really
good. And I think that raises the bar
of my expectations, in terms of what
I need to do to really stand out.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great. Whenever
you raise your expectations of what
excellence is, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
without realizing it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; take steps to
reach it.â&#x20AC;?
Derrick has done just that during
his college career. Now he needs to
do it all over again on an even bigger stage.
NOTES: Derrick wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the
only Stanford product competing
on Friday. Cardinal graduate Summer Pierson will compete in the
womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discus qualifying. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
projected by Track and Field News
magazine to finish seventh. Former Stanford standout Sara (Bei)
Hall will run in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3,000
steeplechase qualifying on Monday.
Also on the track Monday will be
Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former teammate, Lauren
Fleshman, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll compete in the
5,000 qualifying despite battling
an IT band injury for the past six
months. Fleshman missed qualifying for the Beijing Games in 2008
due to a foot injury that left her fifth
in the 5,000 finals. She did reach
the 5,000 finals at the World Championships last summer in South Korea but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been healthy since.
Also running in the 5K qualifying
will be Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kathy Kroeger.
The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5,000 qualifying that
night will include Stanford grads
Ian Dobson, Jacob Riley and Elliott Heath. N
on her dream and worked tirelessly
to rehab her ankle.
Less than a year after the injury,
McLain made the World Indoor
Team in the triple jump. Heading
into qualifying at the Olympic Trials, the 26-year-old has the No. 1
mark in America at 45-9 3/4.
The finals of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triple
jump will be Monday. While the
top three finishers will make the
U.S. team, only the winner (having
jumped the minimum â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; standard
of 46-3 1/4) will be guaranteed a
trip to London. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; standard is
46-11.
Presently, only Amanda Smock
(46-6 1/4) has either standard.
McLainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifetime best is 47-0 1/4,
set prior to her injury. It ranks No. 5
in U.S. history. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mark McLain,
a Menlo Park resident, has not gotten close to since her injury. Thus,
despite her miraculous comeback,
Track and Field News Magazine is
picking McLain to finish only seventh at the Olympic Trials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; likely
based on her questionable fitness.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been
in a position like this,â&#x20AC;? McLain said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mentally just have to stay tough,
stay strong and understand itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going
to come down to the day of . . . I just
have to figure out how to deal with
the limitation I have.â&#x20AC;?
Edrick Floreal, Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of track and field, has coached
McLain through her college career
and has been with her every step of
the way through injury and rehab.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;If she can put the pressure on
the ankle, the jump will be there,â&#x20AC;?
he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 85 -90 percent mental.
She just needs to trust the ankle and
let it rip.â&#x20AC;?
Floreal hoped that McLain would
be able to attain the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; standard before now, just to give her the
confidence boost that she needs.
Thus, training has been inconsistent.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some days. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely terrible; she believes sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the worst
jumper in the world,â&#x20AC;? Floreal said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some days, it looks like she could
break the American record. You
just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going
to get.â&#x20AC;?
Floreal hopes the real McLain
shows up Saturday and again on
Monday.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preparing for the Olympic Trials and dealing with my ankle injury has turned into more than a
full-time job lately,â&#x20AC;? McLain wrote
on her blog earlier this month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The
past month has been quite difficult
me. My primary reason for pushing
through the pain is to encouraging
the youth that I work with to do
the same and learn positive ways
to overcome adversity. If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
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U.S. Olympic Trials in another story.
Only the top two individuals in each
race qualify for the Summer Games,
along with a handful of third- and
fourth-place swimmers to help fill
out the freestyle relay teams.
Nonetheless, the pressure is intense and the schedule potentially
grueling for athletes with multiple
swims who face prelims, semifinals
and maybe finals in each race.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been through some crazy
scheduled meets before but none like
Trials, where the meet is eight days
long. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not scared of my schedule,
no matter how many events I swim
or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t swim. But, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very
different for me compared to other
meets is the concept of semifinals.
The additional swims will definitely
impact me, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll handle it.
Tosky has proven herself at every
level, thus far. She set a national
public schools record of 51.92 in
the 100 fly her junior year while
earning national co-swimmer of
the year honors from Swimming
World magazine. She never lost
an individual race at the Central
Coast Section championships, going 8-0 in her prep career and lost
only once only once in four years in
dual meets.
In her last tuneup before the U.S.
Trials, Tosky held her own against
veteran Olympians at the Santa
Clara International Grand Prix. In
the 100-meter fly, Toskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first race
at the Trials, she finished third behind Olympians Dana Vollmer and
Natalie Coughlin.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great experience getting
to race the top swimmers in the nation, even though I finished a body
length behind Dana,â&#x20AC;? Tosky said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just racing her gave me an idea of
how the 100 fly at Trials will be like
and what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be facing.â&#x20AC;?
Tosky came back at the Santa
Clara meet to win the 200 fly, beating 2008 Olympic Trials winner
(and Stanford grad) Elaine Breeden.
Tony Batis, who coaches Tosky at
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, believes the 200 fly will provide her
with an opportunity to make the
U.S. Team. The 200 free is Toskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
other best bet, given the fact the top
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TOP LOCAL SEEDS AT U.S. SWIM TRIALS
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 400 IM
No. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adam Hinshaw (PASA)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 fly
No. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Felicia Lee (Stanford)
No. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Elaine Breeden (Stanford)
No. 16 -- â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jasmine Tosky (PASA)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 400 free
No. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chad La Tourette (Stanford
grad)
No. 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Mosko (ex-Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 400 IM
No. 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maya DiRado (Stanford)
No. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jasmine Tosky (PASA)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 breast
No. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Criste (Ex-Stanford)
No. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Curtis Lovelace (ex-Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 back
No. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Betsy Webb (Stanford)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 back
No. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eugene Godsoe (ex-Stanford)
No. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Randall Bal (ex-Stanford)
four swimmers likely will make up
the 800 free relay team.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
my best event, but fly is one of my
stronger strokes,â&#x20AC;? Tosky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am
still learning how to pace my 200
fly and so my swim at Santa Clara
was a good indicator on what I need
to work on and think about when I
race the event.â&#x20AC;?
Tosky could swim up to 17 times
if she makes the finals in all six of
her events (the 400 IM has only prelims and finals).
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The number of events doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly faze me as long as I take good
care of my body before and especially after races,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That
said, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the amount of
events will work against me. I just
have to be smart about my swims
and prioritize some events.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The meet will probably be more
taxing mentally than physically because of how long the competition
is and how many races I will be
swimming. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m prepared as best as
I can be at this point in swimming.
I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doubt that this meet will have
ups and downs, obstacles and more,
but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tackle everything the best I
can.â&#x20AC;?
In addition to swimming, Tosky
likely will be spectating and cheering. PASA will have 14 entrants â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Rachael Acker, Alicia Grima, Ally
Howe, Dana Kirk, Jeremie Dezwirek, Egan Gans, Adam Hinshaw,
Bernard Johnson, Andrew Liang,
Matt Murray, Curtis Ogren, Byron
Sanborn and Nick Trowbridge â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
plus three former team members
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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 breast
No. 156 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Liz Smith (ex-Stanford)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 IM
No. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Nolan (Stanford)
No. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ben Hinshaw (PASA)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 free
No. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Coville (ex-Stanford)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 fly
No. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eugene Godsoe (ex-Stanford)
No. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Nolan (Stanford)
No. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bobby Bollier (ex-Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 back
No. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maya DiRado (Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 free
No. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kate Dwelley (ex-Stanford)
No. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Liv Jensen (Cal/PASA)
No. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maddy Schaefer (Stanford)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1500 free
1, Chad La Tourette (ex-Stanford)
No. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Mosko (ex-Stanford)
Palo Alto High grad Jasmine Tosky may have as many as six different
events at the U.S. Olympic Trials next week.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ben Hinshaw, Liv Jensen and
Maddy Schaefer.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud to know that we have
a large group going to Trials, and I
think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beneficial to have a group
that large,â&#x20AC;? Tosky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more
people, the more ecstatic we can be
traveling to Omaha together.â&#x20AC;?
While Tosky four years of swimming at USC to look forward to and
most likely more U.S. Trials in her
future, this is an opportunity to be
seized and Tosky is prepared.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to both SCM (short
course meters) and LCM (long
course meters) World Champs and
my time there will most definitely
help me with experiencing Trials,â&#x20AC;?
she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember the arenas
for both World Champs being enormous and spacious. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve swum un-
der the huge octagon that will also
be at Trials. Also, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been going
through the motions of going to the
ready room and preparing for my
race. I think I have a good idea of
what the competition complex and
structure will be like.â&#x20AC;?
Then again, the competition will
be fierce and the lanes will be filled
with Olympians and Olympic medalists, some competing for the final
time. Thus, Tosky has to be realistic
about her chances and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discount
the value of just being there. It is, after all, an experience of a lifetime.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just going to the meet will give
me that much more experience,â&#x20AC;? she
said.. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My main focus is to enjoy it.
This will be some sort of stepping
stone for me, whether big or small,
for my future in swimming.â&#x20AC;? N
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No. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Nolan (Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 free
No. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jasmine Tosky (PASA)
No. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kate Dwelley (Ex-Stanford)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 fly
No. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bobby Bollier (ex-Stanford)
No. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Mosko (ex-Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 IM
No. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maya DiRado (Stanford)
No. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jasmine Tosky (PASA)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 fly
No. 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elaine Breeden (ex-Stanford)
No. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jasmine Tosky (PASA)
No. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Andi Taylor (Stanford)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 breast
No. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Curtis Lovelace (ex-Stanford)
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 free
No. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Liv Jensen (Cal/PASA)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 back
No. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Matt Thompson (Stanford)
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Sports
BASEBALL
Stanford
players are
turning pro
by Dean McArdle
he deadline for signing drafted players is still four weeks
away, but the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
have to wait long to sign two of their
top picks from Stanford.
The Cardinals got themselves a
Cardinal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-time
All Pac-12 third basemen Stephen
Piscotty last week while. The Royals, meanwhile, signed Cardinal
shortstop Kenny Diekroeger.
A third Stanford player to sign recently was junior catcher Eric Smith,
who officially became a member of
the Los Angeles Dodgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; organization. Smith was an 18th-round
selection.
Piscotty inked his name to a professional contract on Saturday. St.
Louis selected him with the 36th
overall pick in the Major League
Baseball First-Year Player Draft on
June 4.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough
to wait real long to start,â&#x20AC;? Piscotty
told MLB.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited
about this opportunity, and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
wait for my first game and stuff.
Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a lot of excitement going on in my life right now.â&#x20AC;?
T
The signature made Piscotty an
instant millionaire. Baseball America reported that Piscotty signed for
$1.43 million, which is the recommended amount for 36th slot.
Piscotty flew to St. Louis to do
the signing at Busch Stadium, and
then took batting practice on the
field before the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game
against Kansas City.
The Pleasanton native hit .329
with five home runs and 56 RBI
this season for Stanford, which finished 41-18 after being eliminated
by Florida State in an NCAA Super
Regional.
The Cardinals will send Piscotty
to Davenport, Iowa, to play with
their Class A affiliate Quad City
River Bandits.
Kansas City signed Diekroeger
to a deal that included a $500,000
signing bonus. The Royals selected
Diekroeger in the fourth round of
the draft.
Diekroeger, the former Menlo
School standout, will head to the
Wilmington (N.C.) Blue Rocks, the
Royalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Class A affiliate.
Stanford teammates Bretty
Mooneyham (3rd round) and Jake
Stewart (9th round) are both expected to sign professional contracts later
this week. Mooneyham was to sign
on Thursday with the Washington
Nationals, while Stewart will sign
Sunday with the Detroit Tigers.
Stanford had a total of seven players selected in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft. Mark
Appel (1st round) and Tyler Gaffney
(24th round), both taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates, have yet to sign. If
Gaffney decides not to sign. N
DIVING
Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Krug
and Ipsen eye
Olympic berths
By Rick Eymer
S
tanford sophomore Kristian
Ipsen and Cardinal graduate Cassidy Krug hope to be
making plans this weekend for trips
to the 2012 Summer Olympics in
London, England.
Both divers are in position to earn
berths on the U.S. team following
strong semifinal performances this
week at the U.S. Diving Team Trials
in Federal Way, Wash.
Ipsen will have two chances to
make the team, in the 3-meter synchro (Friday) and 3-meter springboard individual final (Sunday).
Krug will go in the 3-meter individual final on Saturday.
Ipsen missed only one dive in advancing to the 3-meter springboard
final with the top score following
Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action.
Ipsen led throughout the six-round
semifinal, scoring 993.80 points and
putting more distance between him
and synchro partner Troy Dumais,
who is bidding to join Greg Louganis as the only American men to
make four Olympic diving teams.
Dumais totaled 954.20 after missing two dives. Scores carry over to
Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final.
Ipsen and Dumais will combine
talents on Friday night in the 3-meter synchro final, where the tandem
is favored to win. Then theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go
head to head in the 3-meter individual finale Sunday, with the top two
finishers earning Olympic berths.
Stanford grad Dwight Dumais
was sixth among the 12 divers advancing to the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-meter final.
Ipsen is seeking his first Olympic
berth, although he has two world
meets under his belt. He and Dumais won a silver medal in 3-meter
synchro at the 2009 worlds in Rome,
and they were fourth last year in
Shanghai. They own the lead going
into Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s synchro springboard
final.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a weird dynamic,â&#x20AC;?
Ipsen said about competing against
and with Dumais. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been
doing this for so long, so it feels
kind of natural.â&#x20AC;?
Ipsen missed his third dive, an
inward 3 1/2 somersaults, getting
scores ranging from 4.5 to 5.5. But
he rallied in the next round, earning
a string of 9.0s for a forward 2 1/2
somersaults with 2 twists.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been struggling internationally and getting really nervous,â&#x20AC;? he
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I got here early and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve
been trying to be in control of my
environment instead of letting it
control me.â&#x20AC;?
Krug was the top diver after the
3-meter semifinals on Tuesday, scoring a two-round score of 718.85.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was still diving a little bit controlled for me,â&#x20AC;? Krug said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the finals, I really want to let my body go.
I can do a little cleaner entries and a
little faster spins, a little more.â&#x20AC;? N
Morton
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American literature) and departed
for Nigeria on Monday to begin his
quest for an Olympic berth.
In addition to running the 400
hurdles, Morton likely will compete
for a berth on the 4x400 relay squad
where his 46.12 in the flat 400 ranks
him No. 2 behind Biola Onakoyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
46.08 among Nigerian runners.
Fellow Stanford grad Arantxa
King, meanwhile, has been named
to the Bermuda Olympic Team by
the International Association of
Athletics Federations. King will
compete in the long jump at the
2012 Games in London.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;At my core I relate with Bermuda,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since I was 14 I
have been competing internationally
for them. From those opportunities
Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to where I am.â&#x20AC;?
King graduated in 2011, but competed this season as a fifth-year
senior and graduate student for the
Cardinal.
She was a first team All-American indoors in the long jump and
competed in both the long jump and
triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor
Championships.
King was also an Olympian for
Bermuda in 2008 in Beijing.
Stanford coach Edrick Floreal
may be around to help. He will be
in London as the coach of the U.S.
male jumpers, as well as the decathlon and heptathlon athletes. N
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